A High Resolution, Ground Based Observation of a Virgo Galaxy

We argue that a very simple inflationary model with Ωbaryon = 1 would be allowed, if Hubble’s constant lay below its presently accepted range. As part of a programme to check the value of Hubble’s constant we present new, high resolution observations of the Virgo galaxy, IC3583, using the technique of image sharpening from the William Herschel Telescope. Although our observed image of this galaxy has 0.″65 seeing the galaxy is not resolved into stars. We suggest that this preliminary result may imply a lower limit to the Virgo distance of 14Mpc and suggest that future observations will allow further improvements on this limit.