... The general term for these waves is "Electromagnetic Waves". ... ASTR1001 Wavelengths · Electromagnetic waves, while all travelling at the same speed, can have different wavelengths (the distance between the crest of one wave and the next). ... Red Light: Wavelength 700nm Green Light: Wavelength 550nm Blue Light: Wavelength 400nm Ultra-Violet Light: Wavelength 300nm ASTR1001 The Electromagnetic Spectrum · Electromagnetic waves can have any wavelengths at all: anywhere from picometres to light-years....

Tired light models invoke a gradual energy loss by photons as they travel through the cosmos to produce the redshift-distance law. ... The tired light model can not produce a blackbody spectrum for the Cosmic Microwave Background without some incredible coincidences. ... So the CMB must have come from a far away part of the Universe, and its photons will thus lose energy by the tired light effect. ... Assume that the CMB starts out as a T = (1+z)*T_o = 2.998 K blackbody, which is the blue curve. ...

... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

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... Under certain conditions, like those in the nucleus of a QSO, all atoms can be made to emit light at particular wavelengths. ... If that source is approaching the observer, the wave is squashed up onto itself making the wavelength shorter. ... This is redshift. ... You can see how the section of the QSO spectrum which we observe changes with redshift. ... We then see how far we had to slide the observed spectrum along the scale to make it match and that is the objects redshift. ... The 2QZ team . ...

... Editor's note: This activity is both on the Astrocappella web site and the CD-ROM featured in this article. ... Every student can demonstrate the Doppler effect! ... splash out' ball** . ... Twist the 'splash out' ball open. ... This effect can occur with both sound and light, because both sound and light reveal wave- like behavior. ... The number of waves reaching an observer in one second is called the frequency. ... What has the Doppler shift told astronomers about the expansion of the universe? ...

EMBARGOED UNTIL: 9:20 AM CST, January 6, 1999 CONTACT: John Biretta Space Telecsope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (Phone: (410) 338-4917; Internet: biretta@stsci.edu) HUBBLE DETECTS FASTER-THAN-LIGHT MOTION IN GALAXY M87 Astronomers reported today discovering clouds which appear to move many times faster than the speed of light, shooting out from the region of a black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy. ... It's an illusion created by the finite speed of light and rapid motion," Biretta said. ...

... The Eagle Nebula in Infrared . ... Credit Copyright: NASA / JPL-Caltech /N. Flagey (IAS/ SSC ) A. Noriega-Crespo ( SSC/Caltech ) Explanation: In visible light, the whole thing looks like an eagle . ... Shown above , the infrared image allows observers to peer through normally opaque dust and so better capture the full complexity of the Eagle Nebula star forming region. ... Publications with keywords: Eagle Nebula - infrared - Spitzer space telescope . ... The Eagle Nebula from Kitt Peak . ...