Picture of the Sombrero galaxy. Photo courtesy of HST/NASA/ESA. Public
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- Redshift happens when light moves away from the observer. The absorption bands in the color spectrum move towards the red, longer wavelength-end of the color spectrum
- Blueshift happens when light moves towards the observer. The absorption bands in the color spectrum move towards the blue, shorter wavelength-end of the color spectrum
- Scientific notation is a way to format numbers. Example: 4.35 x 106
- Redshift is calculated with the following formula:
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