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The directions toward which the Sun and our galaxy are moving in space change rapidly, with increasing distance of the galaxies used as a reference frame. This effect, which is a manifestation of the kinematics of the local supercluster, has an important bearing on the derivation of the Hubble constant.
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de VAUCOULEURS, G., PETERS, W. Motion of the Sun with respect to the Galaxies and the Kinematics of the Local Supercluster. Nature 220, 868–874 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220868a0
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