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Chapter 22, Problem 18Q

(a)

To determine

The explanation of having highest doppler shift from the cloud, which is at some distance from the center of the galaxy and the Sun, while observing 21 cm radiation from the clouds of hydrogen, which is at an angle of 45° from the center of the galaxy, using the given diagram.

(b)

To determine

The distance of the cloud which is at some distance from the center of the galaxy and the Sun, while observing 21 cm radiation from the clouds of hydrogen, which are at an angle of 45° from the center of the galaxy.

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