this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably relative to the CMB (the frame of reference where there is no redshift or blueshift bias in any direction).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you! At that scale the simpler answers just don’t feel sufficient

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At that speed, relative to most nearby large object

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But what if all nearby objects are moving towards it at a similar speed? Or away? At such a large scale speed becomes a mind bending thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No other large object will be moving close to that speed so it'll be almost like they are standing still.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Relative to their point of origin.