Apparaent distance-time anomaly explanation required here
There's something here that my limited intellect can't handle:
How can this distant cluster of galaxies be about 13.2 billion light years from us after 13.7 billion years, unless it was travelling away from us at something approaching the speed of light since the big bang (and we have to be. relatively, stationary)? The trouble with this is that the matter (which later coalesced to form this galactic cluster) started at velocity zero relative to us and, I assume, it took a considerable time for such a mass to be accelerated to near light speed. Even harder for me to understand is the case where the matter that created this cluster, and that which created our local group, were ejected along approximately the same path - how could one possibly be 13.2 Bn light years 'ahead' of the other after 13.7 Bn years, especially if we are travelling quickly away from the location of the big-bang? It barely works for me if these 2 groups of matter were ejected along diametrically opposed paths.
Bloody boring question really......