The Big Bang, red-shift and the expanding Universe

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Question 14
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An astrophysicist compares the Hydrogen-alpha (Hα\text{H}\alphaHα) absorption line of a terrestrial laboratory reference with the spectra obtained from three high-redshift galaxies, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, as shown in the diagram below.

Comparison of H-alpha absorption lines across different galaxy spectra

The reference wavelength, λ0\lambda_0λ0​, for this spectral line is 656 nm.

Estimate the change in wavelength, Δλ\Delta\lambdaΔλ, for this spectral line in the light observed from Galaxy Beta.

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