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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do you describe the red shift

OpenStudy (anonymous):

as a source recedes from an observer, the observer receives waves which are longer than they would be if the source were stationary

OpenStudy (gebooors):

It is like Doppler effect for light waves. When a star (or any source of light) is moving Away from observer with a high speed, Wavelength is shifted to red.

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