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Chapter 5, Problem 32EAP
A spectral line that appears at a wavelength of 321 nm in the laboratory appears at a wavelength of 328 nm in the spectrum of a distant object. We say that the object’s spectrum is (a) redshifted. (b) blueshifted. (c) whiteshifted.
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