Hubble's Law and the Big Bang Theory
 

Hubble's Law and the Big Bang Theory problem 10


Figure I below shows the visible part of the emission spectrum from hydrogen gas in a laboratory on the Earth. The numbers indicate the wavelength, in , represented by each line.


I



The same part of the emission spectrum from hydrogen as in Figure I above, observed in light from stars in a distant galaxy, is shown in Figure II below. The numbers indicate the wavelengths in .


II



The spectrum shows the same pattern as Figure I but with different wavelengths.


  • Use one of the lines in Figure I and the corresponding line in Figure II to determine the speed of the distant galaxy relative to the observer.


  • The galaxy is known to be a distance of from the Earth. Use your answer in (a) to determine a value for the Hubble constant .


 

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