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the Milky
well.
The Solar System is located within the disk,
Galaxies
GALAXIES
Types of Galaxies
Types of Galaxies
Types of Galaxies
Types
of
Galaxies
Types of galaxies
Types of Galaxies
Types of Galaxies
Galactic Clusters
Galactic Clusters
Diagram of the galaxies in the Local Group relative to the Milky Way
Red shifts
In the case of light, when a source is moving away,
its light appears redder than it actually is, because
its waves appear lengthened. Objects approaching
have their light waves shifted toward the blue
(shorter wavelength).
Therefore, the Doppler effect reveal whether Earth
and other celestial body are approaching or leaving
one another.
In addition, the amount of shift allows us to
calculate the rate at which the relative movement is
occurring.
Large Doppler shifts indicate higher velocities;
smaller Doppler shifts indicate lower velocities.
Red shifts
By applying the Doppler effect (the apparent change in
wavelength of radiation caused by the motions of the
source and the observer) to the light of galaxies, galactic
motion can be determined.
Most galaxies have Doppler shifts toward the red end of
the spectrum, indicating increasing distance.
The amount of Doppler shift is dependent on the velocity
at which the object is moving.
Because the most distant galaxies have the greatest red
shifts, Edwin Hubble concluded in the early 1900s that
they were retreating from us with greater recessional
velocities than were more nearby galaxies.
It was soon realized that an expanding universe can
adequately account for the observed red shifts.
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Prepared by:
Haniyya B. Malatus