Re: Background Radiation and Olber's Paradox

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From: Benjamin Weiner
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 00:04

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I wrote:
> ...  The CMBR photons being 
>detected now were emitted ~10 Gyr ago from a 3-sphere around us, of
>radius such that they get here now.  There isn't really a "flash,"
>but such as it was, we don't see any "further" parts of it.  It's
>all at the same radius.  As time goes by, obviously, we are seeing a 
>3-sphere of larger radius.

but clearly I meant a 2-sphere!  Well, it was only off by a factor
of 1.5, pretty close for an astronomer.

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From: bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner)
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Subject: Re: Background Radiation and Olber's Paradox
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Date: 6 Nov 92 00:04:05 GMT
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