Astronomy

1st Edition

ISBN: 9781938168284

Author: Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

Publisher: OpenStax

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Chapter 27, Problem 2E

Describe the arguments supporting the idea that quasars are at the distances indicated by their redshifts.

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Astronomy

Ch. 27 - Describe some differences between quasars and...Ch. 27 - Describe the arguments supporting the idea that...Ch. 27 - In what ways are active galaxies like quasars but...Ch. 27 - Why could the concentration of matter at the...Ch. 27 - Describe the process by which the action of a...Ch. 27 - Describe the observations that convinced...Ch. 27 - Why do astronomers believe that quasars represent...Ch. 27 - Why were quasars and active galaxies not initially...Ch. 27 - What do we now understand to be the primary...Ch. 27 - What is the typical structure we observe in a...

Ch. 27 - What evidence do we have that the luminous central...Ch. 27 - Suppose you observe a star-like object in the sky....Ch. 27 - Why don’t any of the methods for establishing...Ch. 27 - One of the early hypotheses to explain the high...Ch. 27 - A friend of yours who has watched many Star Trek...Ch. 27 - Could the Milky Way ever become an active galaxy?...Ch. 27 - Why are quasars generally so much more luminous...Ch. 27 - Suppose we detect a powerful radio source with a...Ch. 27 - A friend tries to convince you that she can easily...Ch. 27 - Show that no matter how big a redshift (z) we...Ch. 27 - If a quasar has a redshift of 3.3, at what...Ch. 27 - If a quasar is moving away from us at v/c=0.8 ,...Ch. 27 - In the chapter, we discussed that the largest...Ch. 27 - Rapid variability in quasars indicates that the...Ch. 27 - Large redshifts move the positions of spectral...Ch. 27 - Once again in this chapter, we see the use of...Ch. 27 - In the Check Your Learning section of Example...Ch. 27 - In the Check Your Learning section of Example...Ch. 27 - The quasar that appears the brightest in our sky,...

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