As a result, the population II stars were actually much brighter than believed, and when corrected, this had the effect of doubling the distances to the globular clusters, the nearby galaxies, and the diameter of the Milky Way.
Derfor var population II stjernerne faktisk meget mere lysstærke end formodet, og det havde den effekt af fordoble alle afstande til stjernehobe, de nære galakser og Mælkevejens diameter.