On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 12:55:34 GMT, Sam Wormley
wrote:

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

Oh well, at least they can determine the stucture of the observable
universe. I think I read in Sky and Telescope that the sound waves
from the Big Bang are responsible for the spacing of galaxies.
-Rich