You observe a distant galaxy. You find that a spectral line of hydrogen that is shifted from its normal location in the visible part of the spectrum into the infrared part of the spectrum. What can you conclude?

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Frances Villarreal

9 April, 00:45

You observe a distant galaxy. You find that a spectral line of hydrogen that is shifted from its normal location in the visible part of the spectrum into the infrared part of the spectrum. What can you conclude?

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London Barr · Answer 1

The galaxy is moving away from us

Explanation:

Galaxy refers to a system of millions or billions of stars accompanied by gas and dust such that they are held together as a result of gravitational attraction.

When we observe a distant galaxy, we find that a spectral line of hydrogen that is shifted from its normal location in the visible part of the spectrum into the infrared part of the spectrum.

It means that the galaxy is moving away from us.