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No, an object not moving relative to Earth is not a blue shifted object. With no relative motion, an object will not be subject to Doppler effect and will not red or blue shift. For an object to be blue shifted, the distance between the object and Earth must be decreasing. The object must be closing on Earth or vice versa.
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When the wavelength of a spectral line emitted from an object increases which end of the visible light spectrum does not move toward and what is the objects motion relative to earth?
Increasing wavelength is an indication of a Doppler shift caused by an object moving away from the viewer. Longer wavelengths (of the visible spectrum) are redder, shorter wavelengths are bluer. Objects moving away from you have a red shift, objects moving toward you have a blue shift.
What does it mean when a spectral line shifts?
When a spectral line shifts, it means that the light emitted or absorbed by an object is either moving toward or away from us. This shift is called a Doppler shift and can provide information about the velocity of the object relative to the observer.
How do you measure the true velocity of an object in the universe if the velocity of all objects in the universe are relative to each other?
If anyone ever referred to the "true" velocity of an object, he mis-spoke. All we can directly measure from the earth is an object's velocity relative to the earth. And when we have measured the velocities of several objects relative to the earth, then we can calculate the velocity of one relative to any of the others. But it's quite correct to observe that there's no such thing as the "true" or "real" velocity of anything, without reference to something else. Except for electromagnetic radiation, including light. That speed is always the same for all observers, no matter who you are, or how you're moving relative to anything else. If I'm moving north at 0.3c, and you're moving south at 0.5c, and Mr. Tompkins is moving west at 0.9c ... all relative to Dallas Texas ... and somebody in Seattle shines spotlights at all three of us, then each of us measures the light passing him at the same speed . . . 'c'. Each of us measures the same number. Makes no sense at all. But it's true.
How does the Doppler shift determine the distance of Sirius?
It doesn't. The Doppler shift can tell you how fast something is moving towards us or away from us; not how far it is. Only in the case of distant galaxies can this be used to estimate the galaxy's distance, because of the expansion of the Universe (galaxies that move away from us faster are generally farther away).
What is the Doppler shift of galaxies?
It shows how galaxies are moving in relation to Earth.
Does a red shift means that are moving closer to earth?
No. A red shift indicates that the object is moving away from the earth.
What does red shift show?
The red shift shows the velocity with which an object is moving away from the earth. The red shift of an object is correlated to its distance from the earth and so it is also a measure of the distance.
What type of shift in the spectrum would you expect from a star that was moving in the same direction as earth and at the same speed as earth?
If the star is moving in the same direction and at the same speed as Earth, there would be no Doppler shift in the spectrum observed from Earth. The star's light would not be blueshifted or redshifted relative to Earth, since the relative motion is negligible.
When the wavelength of a spectral line emitted from an object increases which end of the visible light spectrum does not move toward and what is the objects motion relative to earth?
Increasing wavelength is an indication of a Doppler shift caused by an object moving away from the viewer. Longer wavelengths (of the visible spectrum) are redder, shorter wavelengths are bluer. Objects moving away from you have a red shift, objects moving toward you have a blue shift.
Does a red shift indicates that objects are moving toward earth?
Red shift occurs when an object moves away from the observer. So as you are on Earth, it is when objects move away from Earth. (Blue shift as it moves closer.) A star's red shift could be due to losing energy to gravity.
When the wavelength of the spectral line emitted from an object decreases which end of the visible light spectrum does it move toward and what is the object's motion relative to Earth?
If the wavelength decreases, the spectral line moves towards the blue end of the visible light spectrum. This phenomenon is known as blue shift, indicating that the object is moving towards Earth.
Would a light source moving away from Earth appear blue shifted or red shifted?
A red shift indicates an object that is moving away from the observer, and a blue shift indicates an object that is moving toward the observer. Both of these are called Doppler shifts.
Can a red shift and a blue shift exist on the same object at the same time?
No, red shift and blue shift are opposite phenomena caused by the Doppler effect. Red shift occurs when an object is moving away from the observer, while blue shift occurs when an object is moving towards the observer. It is not possible for an object to exhibit both red shift and blue shift simultaneously.
How can an object's red shift tell us how fast the object is moving away from earth?
The amount of reddening is directly proportional to the speed of the object away from the observer (if the object is moving tangentially, even at a high speed, no red shift will be noticeable. Follow the link below for a bit more information on the mathematics and measurements of red shifts.
Scientists determined this was expanding by using the spectrograph?
Scientists determined that the object was expanding by analyzing its light spectrum using a spectrograph. By observing the Doppler shift in the spectral lines, scientists could infer the motion of the object relative to Earth, leading to the conclusion that it was moving away and expanding.
What does the red shift of the galaxies tell us about their motion with respect to the Earth?
Less than you'd think. At extreme distances, the red-shift is caused by metric expansion more than by motion. So to be able to gauge the speed of an object relative to you, you'd first have to determine the pseudo-speed caused by metric expansion.
A red shift in the spectrum of the light from an object indicates the object is?
moving away from us.
