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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Astrophysics and Cosmology
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33-1 to 33-3: Stars, Galaxies, Stellar Evolution, Distances
33-4: General Relativity, Gravity and Curved Space
33-5: Redshift, Hubble's Law
33-6 to 33-8: The Big Bang, CMB, Universe Expansion
33-9: Dark Matter, Dark Energy

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 24
Q

A galaxy is moving away from Earth. The “blue” hydrogen line at 434 nm emitted from the galaxy is measured on Earth to be 455 nm.

  1. How fast is the galaxy moving?
  2. How far is it from Earth based on Hubble’s law?
A
0.047c0.047c
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By matthewgoffena on Sun, 4/26/2015 - 10:21 PM

There is a part b to this problem. Bye the way, thank you for your videos! They have proven to be very useful in my studies.

By Mr. Dychko on Mon, 4/27/2015 - 3:50 AM

Hi matthewgoffena, thanks a lot for noticing that part b) is missing. I've flagged this solution, and will fill in the missing part some other time.

Thanks also the great feedback. I'm really pleased the videos are helping with your course!

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