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Originally Posted by Lloyd Gillespie  I'm with you Greg, I also think red-blue-shifted light "reflected from objects in space could be supplying information that is incorrect regarding the objects themselves". That is why I have chosen to use the atomic decay model, to interpret the truer motions of objects in space. Of course, I mainly use it as a corrective knowledge tool, applied to red-blue-shifted light. |
Lloyd ... I don't understand this method ???? The atomic decay method ?
The 3 ways I know of, for examining objects in space are as follows
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A Light Curve
In this scenario you would observe the apparent brightness of an object over a period of time. If the 'brightness' decreased then you could say that the object is moving away from us, the observers. Once you have a standard candle of known luminosity you can now calculate the recession speed of the object. I have never used this method myself.
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A Light Spectrum
In this scenario you would observe the light spectrum of Calcium H or Calcium K of the object, and check the received electromagnetic 'barcode' against Calcium H or K heated on the lab bench. Then using the formula
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This formula gives me a blueshift value for the Andromeda galaxy of 300Klm/sec towards us and for the Coma Cluster a recession (redshift) of 300,000 Klm/sec
(sorry about the crappy formula, but I'm just learning Latex and having fun)
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Hubble's Constant
in this scenario, v = Ho x d .. where there are 3.2 light years in a parsec and the value of Hubble's constant is 72 klm / sec / megaparsec
Using this formula I got a recessional value for the Coma cluster of 7128Klm/sec
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These are my own calculations, so please don't rely on them if your thinking of going there 
I understand Atomic Decay. What I don't understand is how to use it to determine the true motions of objects in space. Can you explain it ?
cool bananas ... greg