The proportionality constant, H, is known as the Hubble constant and quantifies how fast space is stretching—not just ar其中的比例常数H,就是所谓的哈伯常数,它可以把空间向外延伸的快慢予以量化,不只针对我们周遭,也适用于宇宙中所有观测者的周围。