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Cosmological Distance Calculator

Calculate luminosity distance, comoving distance, angular diameter distance, and lookback time using cosmological models.

Inputs

km/s/Mpc

Results

Luminosity Distance

458.25 Mpc

Comoving Distance

416.59 Mpc

Lookback Time

13.8 billion years

Angular Diameter Distance378.72 Mpc
Age at Emission0 billion years
Recessional Velocity32,077.79 km/s
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter the Redshift (z) of the object β€” from spectroscopic observations; nearby galaxies z β‰ˆ 0.01–0.1, high-z quasars z > 2.
  2. Set the Hubble Constant (km/s/Mpc): Planck value is 67.4; SH0ES measurement is 73.0.
  3. Adjust Matter Density (Ξ©_m) and Dark Energy Density (Ξ©_Ξ›): standard Ξ›CDM uses 0.3 and 0.7 respectively.
  4. Read Luminosity Distance (Mpc) for flux-based calculations and Comoving Distance (Mpc) for volume statistics.
  5. Use Lookback Time (billion years) to determine the cosmic epoch you are observing and Age at Emission for context.
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Formula

d_L β‰ˆ (c/H_0) Γ— z Γ— [1 + 0.5(1 - Ξ©_m + Ξ©_Ξ›)z]

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