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The centre of a galaxy is composed of many different types of stars, these can be yellow, blue, orange etc. The centre of a galaxy usually also contains interstellar dust. looking at galaxies from afar, all these factors give the centre of a galaxy a white color in the visible spectrum, as white light is a mixture if all the colors.
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What you get when stars are moving away?
When stars are moving away from us, we observe a phenomenon called redshift. This redshift occurs because the light from the stars is stretched, causing its wavelength to become longer. The greater the redshift, the faster the star is moving away from us.
The further I stars away from the earth the more it is what?
The further a star is from Earth, the dimmer it appears due to the inverse square law of light, which states that light intensity decreases with the square of the distance from the source. Additionally, more distant stars may be more redshifted, indicating they are moving away from us, a phenomenon observed in the context of the expanding universe. Consequently, we may also see fewer details and less color in more distant stars compared to those that are closer.
What does it mean when the color of an object in the universe shifts toward red?
When the color of an object in the universe shifts towards red, it indicates that the object is moving away from the observer. This phenomenon, known as redshift, is caused by the expansion of the universe and the stretching of light waves as they travel through expanding space.
How do you know your Galaxy rotates?
Astronomers can determine the rotation of a galaxy by measuring the Doppler shift of the light emitted by stars and gas within the galaxy. The rotation speed can be calculated by observing the difference in wavelengths of light from objects moving towards or away from us. This information allows scientists to create maps of how the galaxy's stars and gas are moving.
What light has the same causes as the pitch of sound?
Stars in the universe are all moving away from us, so their wavelength will be red shifted. When the source of a sound is moving away from us, the wavelength of the sound will increase, i.e. the frequency will lower. In both cases, this is known as Doppler shift.
What you get when stars are moving away?
When stars are moving away from us, we observe a phenomenon called redshift. This redshift occurs because the light from the stars is stretched, causing its wavelength to become longer. The greater the redshift, the faster the star is moving away from us.
How does the color of stars from earth differ from their actual color?
Since the stars are not stationary in relation to earth, i.e. they are moving towards or away from the Earth, their light will be subject to Redshift (if they are moving away) or Blueshift (if they are getting closer). The faster they are changing distance, the greater the shift in wavelength.
Why do stars take so long to change?
The stars are light years away which is the distance light travels in a year. A light year is about 3x108km. The farther something is from you the slower they seem to travel so the stars don't look like the are moving. In reality, they are moving very fast.
What are shifts in the wavelengths of light of stars either approaching or moving away from earth called?
The Doppler effect.
How do you know stars are moving towards or away?
you don't, we ar ethe ones moving not the stars.
Since light from distant stars have not reach us will the sky get brighter with time?
No. The vast majority of stars are so far away that even though their light is reaching us, they cannot be seen without a telescope. Additionally, the farthest stars from Earth are moving away from us so fast that their light is redshifted beyond the visible spectrum.
Are the stars moving away?
not all of them only the red ones
What shift of color do you receive from stars as you get closer?
Blue shift as you get closer because by the Doppler effect, the frequency of the light increases, so the light seems more blue. Using the same logic, there is a red shift for light as you move away from stars.
What does it mean when the color of an object in the universe shifts toward red?
When the color of an object in the universe shifts towards red, it indicates that the object is moving away from the observer. This phenomenon, known as redshift, is caused by the expansion of the universe and the stretching of light waves as they travel through expanding space.
Why are the stars not as light as the moon?
stars are galaxies away from us and the moon isn't
What causes the colors of stars?
Stars, or at least most of them, are big fusion machines. And they generate almost unimaginable amounts of energy doing this. Light is one of the energy forms that stars give off, and the color of the light will depend on what the star is doing for fusion (what elements it is fusing), and what elements are present within it. There is another factor. For the most part, stars outside the Milky Way, except for Andromeda and a couple of other galaxies, are in galaxies that are moving away from us. This changes the color of the light we see because of Doppler effect. The receding galaxies, because they are receding, Doppler shift the color of the light we see toward the lower frequency end of the spectrum, which is the red end. This is why we use the term redshift when we talk about the light from distant stars in distant galaxies. The color of the light we see is shifted toward the red end because the distance between the source and observer (us) is increasing.
What information does a stars's spectrum offer about the star?
Mainly the temperature, and what elements are in the star's outer layers. Also, using the redshift or blueshift, how fast the star is moving away from us or towards us. For very far-away stars, this can be used to calculate its distance.
