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The observed wavelength of light coming from a distant galaxy is found to be increased by $0.5 \%$ as compared with that coming from a terrestrial source. The galaxy is,

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Important Questions on Wave Theory of Light

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A star producing light of wavelength 6000 A moves away from the earth with a speed of 5 km s-1. Due to Doppler effect, the shift in wavelength will be, c=3×108 m s-1,

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A rocket is moving away from the earth at a speed of 6×107 m s-1. The rocket has blue light in it. What will be the wavelength of light recorded by an observer on the earth? (Wavelength of blue light=4600 Å.)

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A spectral line $\lambda=5000$ Å in the light coming from a distant star is observed as 5200 Å. What will be recession velocity of the star?

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A star moves away from earth at speed 0.8 c while emitting light of frequency 6×1014 Hz. What frequency will be observed on the earth in units of 1014 Hz ? (c= speed of light)

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A light source approaches the observer with velocity $0.8 \mathrm{c}$. The Doppler shift for the light of wavelength 5500 Å is,
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If the shift of wavelength of light emitted by a star is towards violet, then this shows that star is,

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A star is moving away from the earth with a velocity of 100 km s-1. If the velocity of light is 3×108 m s-1, then the shift of its spectral line of wavelength 5700 Å due to Doppler effect will be,

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The velocity of a moving galaxy is 300 km s-1 and the apparent change in wavelength of a spectral line emitted from the galaxy is observed as 0.5 nm. Then, the actual wavelength of the spectral line is,