redshift Comparison Table

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redshift comparison table

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Doppler shift wavelength shift the amount of shift is directly proportional to relative velocity The shift in the received frequency and wavelength of a sound wave or electromagnetic wave that occurs when either the source or the observer are in motion. Approach causes a shift toward shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies, called a blueshift. Recession has the opposite effect, called a redshift.

redshift Doppler shift z = Δλ/λ where λ is the laboratory wavelength of the spectral line and Δλ is the difference between the laboratory and the observed wavelengths The shift of spectral lines toward longer wavelengths in the spectrum of a receding source of radiation.

Subject	is a kind of	has value	has definition
Doppler shift	wavelength shift	the amount of shift is directly proportional to relative velocity	The shift in the received frequency and wavelength of a sound wave or electromagnetic wave that occurs when either the source or the observer are in motion. Approach causes a shift toward shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies, called a blueshift. Recession has the opposite effect, called a redshift.
redshift	Doppler shift	z = Δλ/λ where λ is the laboratory wavelength of the spectral line and Δλ is the difference between the laboratory and the observed wavelengths	The shift of spectral lines toward longer wavelengths in the spectrum of a receding source of radiation.

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