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Message 21 of 84 (509310)
05-20-2009 11:21 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by riVeRraT
05-20-2009 11:15 AM


From my understanding, stars in this galaxy are gravitationally bound so there shouldn't be an observable redshift due to expansion. Redshift is seen between our galaxy and galaxies that are not gravitationally bound to our galaxy. As one example, there is an observed blueshift in the Andromeda galaxy because it is coming right for us.

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Message 24 of 84 (509326)
05-20-2009 12:44 PM
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05-20-2009 12:14 PM


You have to look past the Local Group of galaxies to start to see real evidence of the expansion.
Will this always be the case? If expansion is accelerating will there be a point where expansion overpowers the gravity within a galaxy?

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Message 36 of 84 (509421)
05-21-2009 12:59 PM
Reply to: Message 31 by lyx2no
05-20-2009 11:05 PM


Re: Duck! It's M31
lyx2no writes:
A horn emitting a range of frequencies between 500-750 Hz can shift a long way in either direction before it moves beyond the ears normal range of 20-20,000 Hz.
At the same time, if someone sped past you in a dragster going 350 miles per hour while blowing on a dog whistle would you be able to hear the dog whistle as they sped away?
What I'd be interested in learning is if the Hubble expansion is taken into account when calculating the timing of our collision with M31.
I would assume that the blueshift would give us the actual speed of approach including expansion.

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