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One of the wavelengths of light emitted by hydrogen atoms under normal laboratory condit...

One of the wavelengths of light emitted by hydrogen atoms under normal laboratory conditions is λ = 656.3 nm, in the red portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. In the light emitted from a distant galaxy this same spectral line is observed to be Doppler-shifted to λ = 953.4 nm, in the infrared portion of the spectrum. How fast are the emitting atoms moving relative to the earth? Are they approaching the earth or receding from it?

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