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What is the importance of the light red shift in determining the age and motion of stars?
Red shift is of virtually no importance in determining the age of stars within our galaxy or local group. But the red shift is crucial for measuring relative velocities of those stars with respect to us. Stars approaching us are blue shifted, such as the stars in the Andromeda Galaxy. We can also determine which direction the galaxy is spinning, as the light of stars one one side will be shifted less than the light of the stars in front, or on the other side.
Starlight from galaxies well beyond our local group are uniformly shifted towards the infrared end of the visible spectrum, varying with the distance of those galaxies from us. The further away they are, the deeper red the light is from them, indicating the greater their recessional velocity.
I cannot think how stellar age might correlate with red shift.
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Where is Betelgeuse on Doppler Shift?
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star located in the Orion constellation. Its light exhibits a small Doppler shift due to its motion relative to Earth, but this shift is not significant compared to its overall distance and size. The Doppler shift of Betelgeuse's light is mainly influenced by its own pulsations and variations in brightness.
When light waves are stretched by an object moving away from us?
The light waves are redshifted, meaning their wavelengths increase and their frequencies decrease. This effect is due to the Doppler effect, where the motion of the object causes a shift in the observed wavelength of light.
The Doppler shift can be observed when?
The Doppler shift can be observed when there is relative motion between a source of waves (such as sound or light) and an observer. This causes a change in the frequency of the waves detected by the observer, either increasing or decreasing depending on the direction of motion.
What is the difference between the cosmological and Doppler red shift?
Red shift is the change in the spectra of galaxies towards being more red than we would expect them to be. Doppler Shift results from galaxies being in motion away from us. Thus, the large Andromeda Galaxy has a blue shift, because it and our Milky Way Galaxy are being pulled towards each other due to gravity. Cosmological Shift results from the space between us and other galaxies growing larger over time, even though neither they nor our Milky Way Galaxy are in motion relative to one another.
What does a blue shift of light from a star indicate?
When light shifts toward the blue end of the spectrum, it is shifting in the direction of shorter wavelengths. This happens when a luminous object, such as a star, is moving toward you. This motion tends to compress the waves which it emits. Stars that are moving away from the observer will instead exhibit a red shift. The waves are stretching out, because of the motion. And because the universe is expanding, red shifts are by far the most common.
When do we experience the Doppler shift?
We experience the Doppler shift when there is relative motion between a source of waves (such as sound or light) and an observer. This shift causes a change in frequency or wavelength of the waves depending on the direction of their motion relative to each other. doppler shift is commonly noticed in scenarios like the change in pitch of a siren as it passes by or the color shift of stars due to their motion in space.
Where is Betelgeuse on Doppler Shift?
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star located in the Orion constellation. Its light exhibits a small Doppler shift due to its motion relative to Earth, but this shift is not significant compared to its overall distance and size. The Doppler shift of Betelgeuse's light is mainly influenced by its own pulsations and variations in brightness.
When light waves are stretched by an object moving away from us?
The light waves are redshifted, meaning their wavelengths increase and their frequencies decrease. This effect is due to the Doppler effect, where the motion of the object causes a shift in the observed wavelength of light.
What kind of shift would you see if a light was moving away from you?
You would observe a redshift in the light as it moves away from you. This occurs because the wavelengths of light are stretched due to the motion of the source away from the observer, causing a shift towards the red end of the spectrum.
What is a star's apparent shift in motion called?
Motion parallax.
The Doppler shift can be observed when?
The Doppler shift can be observed when there is relative motion between a source of waves (such as sound or light) and an observer. This causes a change in the frequency of the waves detected by the observer, either increasing or decreasing depending on the direction of motion.
What are the frequency determining components in a phase shift oscillator?
The frequency determining components in a phase shift oscillator are the series of resistive/capacitive filters on the output of the inverting amplifier. See accompanying link.
What is a stars apparent shift in position?
Motion
What is a stars shift in position called?
Motion
How does the speed of a wave affect its wavelength?
This can be answered using light or sound. Light will remain at a constant speed regardless of frequency or amplitude. Its shift in frequency (Doppler shift) is caused by the extreme distances the light had to travel to get here. Still it remains at the same speed. Sounds speed will change with local conditions. Also subject to an audible Doppler shift when a constant note is moved past you you can hear the pitch shift. The motion compresses the sound as it approaches and spreads it out as it moves away from you.
What is the difference between the cosmological and Doppler red shift?
Red shift is the change in the spectra of galaxies towards being more red than we would expect them to be. Doppler Shift results from galaxies being in motion away from us. Thus, the large Andromeda Galaxy has a blue shift, because it and our Milky Way Galaxy are being pulled towards each other due to gravity. Cosmological Shift results from the space between us and other galaxies growing larger over time, even though neither they nor our Milky Way Galaxy are in motion relative to one another.
If light always travels at the same speed how can its color shift to red due to the Doppler effect?
As you mention light speed is constant. Light speed equals to its wavelength times its frequency. c = lambda * freq As the light source travels toward the observer, in such high speeds comparable to the light speed relative to the observer, the later emitted light waves pile up behind the earlier emitted light waves as they all travel together toward the observer, causing a visible shift (higher) in the frequency of the received waves as seen by the observer.
