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A galaxy moving with speed 300km/s shows blue shift. At what wavelength sodium line at 589.0 nm will be observed ? |
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Answer» Here, `v_("radial")=-300 km//s=-3xx10^(5)m//s` Negative sign comes because we observe blue shift i.e., galaxy is approaching us. Now, `-(Deltalambda)/(lambda)=-(v_("radial"))/c` `rArr=-(Deltalambda)/(589.0 nm)=(-(-3xx10^(5)))/((3xx10^(8)))` `rArr Delta lambda=-(589.0)xx10^(-3) nm` =-0.589 Hence, the observed wavelength will be (589.0-0.589)nm =588.411 nm |
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