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Our cosmology course instructor said that

At a given cosmic time $t=\tau$, the comoving observers define a spacelike hypersurface $\Sigma$ in which the universe looks homogenous and isotropic. Another observer, who is moving with a uniform velocity w.r.t the class of comoving observers will find the universe to be anisotropic. An intergalactic spaceship moving at a high speed would see the galactic distribution quite differently.

I have several questions based on his statement.

  1. What does he mean by "the comoving observers define a spacelike hypersurface $\Sigma$."?

  2. Is it that the homogeneity and isotropy of the Universe true only for the comoving observers? If yes, why?

Our cosmology course instructor said that

At a given cosmic time $t=\tau$, the comoving observers define a spacelike hypersurface $\Sigma$ in which the universe looks homogenous and isotropic. Another observer, who is moving with a uniform velocity w.r.t the class of comoving observers will find the universe to be anisotropic. An intergalactic spaceship moving at a high speed would see the galactic distribution quite differently.

I have several questions based on his statement.

  1. What does he mean by "the comoving observers define a spacelike hypersurface $\Sigma$.

  2. Is it that the homogeneity and isotropy of the Universe true only for the comoving observers? If yes, why?

Our cosmology course instructor said that

At a given cosmic time $t=\tau$, the comoving observers define a spacelike hypersurface $\Sigma$ in which the universe looks homogenous and isotropic. Another observer, who is moving with a uniform velocity w.r.t the class of comoving observers will find the universe to be anisotropic. An intergalactic spaceship moving at a high speed would see the galactic distribution quite differently.

I have several questions based on his statement.

  1. What does he mean by "the comoving observers define a spacelike hypersurface $\Sigma$."?

  2. Is it that the homogeneity and isotropy of the Universe true only for the comoving observers? If yes, why?

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Why is the Universe anisotropic to a non-comoving observer?

Our cosmology course instructor said that

At a given cosmic time $t=\tau$, the comoving observers define a spacelike hypersurface $\Sigma$ in which the universe looks homogenous and isotropic. Another observer, who is moving with a uniform velocity w.r.t the class of comoving observers will find the universe to be anisotropic. An intergalactic spaceship moving at a high speed would see the galactic distribution quite differently.

I have several questions based on his statement.

  1. What does he mean by "the comoving observers define a spacelike hypersurface $\Sigma$.

  2. Is it that the homogeneity and isotropy of the Universe true only for the comoving observers? If yes, why?