Percy writes:
Why are you so hot to prove the supposedly shifted spectra are incomplete? This isn't as bad as trying to prove a flat earth, but it's close. It's only a Doppler-type effect, after all, hardly anything startling or revolutionary.
I have no problem believing small redshifts and small blueshifts, Doppler effect due to relative motion. But I find it hard to believe that space can expand, infact I'm certain that it can't.
But what I'm not sure about is whether such spectra really exist. I have been reasonable in my requests. I have requested only for Hydrogen lines and have ignored the other elements. This is because Hydrogen is the most abundant element in our universe and by constraining ourselves only to Hydrogen, there is only 1 parameter to play with... Z. If we are allowed to choose the element as well as choose Z, there is a bit too much freedom.
If there is an object with lots of Hydrogen redshifted by z=1, the lines of the Balmer series, as well as the Lyman -alpha line should be visible by the HST. If there is no 'Lyman alpha forest', the Lyman beta line should be visible too.
Someone who can give me the data I request, should create the continuation thread.
Changed in edit:
I just checked the HST manual and found out that all the lines of the Balmer series can be seen for an object with z=1
NICMOS
This message has been edited by peaceharris, 04-13-2005 09:38 PM