Caption:
      A cosmological lookup table for the
      observable universe
      based on the
      Λ-CDM model
      for 
      Λ-CDM model parameters
      valid circa 2013---which are NOT
      significantly different from the ones valid
      circa 2021 for the purposes
      of the cosmological lookup table.
      For the 2021 update
      of the cosmological lookup table
      (which is NOT so good on-screen), see
      Sergey V. Pilipenko, 2021,
      Paper-and-pencil cosmological calculator, arXiv:1303.5961.
      
      The cosmological lookup table
      correlates the 
cosmological distance measures:
      
      - cosmological redshift 
           z = (λ_obs-λ_emis)/λ_emis = a_0/a(t)-1, where
           λ_obs is the observed wavelength.
           λ_emis is the emission  wavelength,
           a_0 = 1 is the 
           cosmic scale factor at
cosmic present t_0 = to the age of the observable universe = 13.797(23) Gyr (Planck 2018),
           and
           a(t) is the 
     cosmic scale factor 
           at the emission cosmic time t.
      
 - Hubble parameter H(z) = (da/dt)/a whose 
          cosmic present value is the 
          Hubble constant (fiducial value 70 (km/s)/Mpc).
      
 - comoving distance
     (measured in 
     megaparsecs (Mpc))
          which is the 
          physical distance (AKA proper distance)
          at cosmic present which is unobservable,
          except asymptotically as z → 0.
          Physical distance is by definition
          the spacetime interval
          that can be measured at one instant in time
          by a ruler.
          For cosmological physical distances,
          the appropriate time is
          cosmic time t (with time zero being
          at the mythical Big Bang singularity).
      
 - distance modulus μ = 5*log(d_pc)-5,
          where d_pc is 
          physical distance measured in
          parsecs (pc):  
          1 pc = 3.08567758 ... *10**16 m = 206264.806 ... AU = 3.26156377 ... ly ≅ 3.26 ly.
          Distance moduli are usually
          used only for astronomical objects
          in the relatively nearby
          observable universe
(see Wikipedia:  Distance modulus:  Usuage). 
          For example of distance modulus, 
          NGC 4548 (M91) located
          at 19(5) Mpc
          has distance modulus μ = 31.0
(see Wikipedia:  Distance modulus:  Usuage). 
       
 - cosmic time t (with time zero being
          at the mythical Big Bang singularity) measured in
          gigayears (Gyr).
          Note
cosmic present t_0 = the age of the observable universe = 13.797(23) Gyr (Planck 2018).
      
 - lookback time = t_0 - t
           measured in
          gigayears (Gyr).
      
 - size '':  yours truly has no idea.
      
 - angle 1 kpc:
          This is the angle
          in arcseconds ('')
          subtended on
          the celestial sphere
          by a ruler
          1 kpc in length perpendicular
          to the 
line of sight. 
          Note, the ruler decreases with 
          cosmological redshift z 
          and physical distance 
          until z ≅ 1.5 and then increases thereafter:  the
          ruler starts looking bigger as it moves
          farther away, but it still looks fainter. 
          This behavior is a consequence of observing the 
          ruler in
          an expanding universe:
          the light from the
          ruler started out toward us when the
          physical distance was much smaller.
          The cosmological distance measure
          obained by treating the observation of the ruler
          as in static universe is called the
          angular diameter distance
          D_A=L_ruler/θ_ruler which increases with
          cosmological redshift z
          until z ≅ 1.5 and then increases thereafter.
          For 
          angular diameter distance
          as a function of 
          cosmological redshift z,
          see Image 2 in
Cosmology file:
          cosmos_distance_z_10000.html.
      
 
      
      
     Credit/Permission:  © 
         Sergey V. Pilipenko, 
         2013 /
            No permission.
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     Local file:  local link:  cosmological_redshift_lookup_table.html.
     File:  Cosmology file:
     cosmological_redshift_lookup_table.html.