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To: omega4179
"how does it reflect enough light to show up."

It's two light years away, traveling at the speed of light,so ....ummmmm....ummmm... they arrived last week.

114 posted on 12/08/2010 3:54:09 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Deaf Smith

Uh oh...Doppler effect.

When the light source is moving toward the listener (v is negative), then fL is greater than fS. In the visible light spectrum, this causes a shift toward the high-frequency end of the light spectrum. For some reason, violet got the short end of the stick and such frequency shift is actually called a blue shift

Blue is not good, it means SOMETHING is moving towards us unless these guys are just photoshopping artifacts into the picture.


125 posted on 12/08/2010 4:08:13 PM PST by omega4179 (Quem deus vult perdere, dementat prius)
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To: Deaf Smith

>>It’s two light years away, traveling at the speed of light,so ....ummmmm....ummmm... they arrived last week.<<

Reminds me of this book: http://www.amazon.com/Red-Lightning-Thunder-John-Varley/dp/0441014887/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

An object traveling at virtually the speed of light strikes the earth. Since it was “virtually” the speed of light, we got a minutes warning, and that was about it.

Great book, but not as good as its predecessor, Red Thunder.


126 posted on 12/08/2010 4:08:32 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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