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We show that the Rubin–Ford (RFR) data, often taken as evidence for large scale anisotropic cosmic expansion, probably only reflect the inhomogeneous distribution of galaxies in the region of the Rubin–Ford sample. The data RFR have presented are consistent with isotropic expansion, an unperturbed galaxy velocity field and hence a low density Universe.
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Fall, S., Jones, B. Isotropic cosmic expansion and the Rubin–Ford effect. Nature 262, 457–460 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/262457a0
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