RichA wrote:
Since they can determine using redshifts whether an
object is moving away or towards us, I don't suppose
they have any idea what "direction" the origin (big
bang point of origin) is? I guess it's something like
trying to see the curve of the Earth from sea level.
-Rich


No Center (*every* point is the Big Bang point of origin)
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/nocenter.html

Also see Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmology_faq.html

WMAP: Foundations of the Big Bang theory
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html

WMAP: Tests of Big Bang Cosmology
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101bbtest.html