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Recent data on the so-called super-light expansion velocities observed in the radio galaxy 3C120 show a good fit to the light echo theory, provided the Hubble constant is 110 ± 10 km s−1 Mpc−1. Statistics on three super-luminal sources interpreted with that theory give the same Hubble constant. A method of determining q0 from each source with data that may already exist, looks very promising.
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Lynden-Bell, D. Hubble's constant determined from super-luminal radio sources. Nature 270, 396–399 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270396a0
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