<p>A brief description of the Doppler Effect and how it can be used to measure the motion of celestial objects toward (via blueshift) and away (via redshift) from us.</p>

A brief description of the Doppler Effect and how it can be used to measure the motion of celestial objects toward (via blueshift) and away (via redshift) from us.

What is the Doppler Effect and Redshift?

Learn the basics of astronomy in one-to-two minute packets of concise information about specific topics. You are a busy person with a short attention span, and you want to learn about astronomical topics in a short amount of time. Your host Professor Ata is a PhD research astronomer and astrophysicist and a noted authority on stellar and galactic astronomy. I welcome your feedback at ata.sarajedini@gmail.com. See the web site astronomyminute.org for more. The podcast logo is courtesy of Zachary Greathouse and shows a globular cluster photo taken by the author with the Hubble Space Telescope.

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What is the Doppler Effect and Redshift?

What is the Doppler Effect and Redshift?