Redshift

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:Doppler_effect
cosmic expansion
gptkbp:describes increase in wavelength of electromagnetic radiation
gptkbp:explains gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkbp:firstObserved gptkb:Vesto_Melvin_Slipher
gptkbp:form z = (λ_observed - λ_emitted) / λ_emitted
gptkbp:hasUnit z (dimensionless)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Redshift
gptkbp:importantFor gptkb:Big_Bang_theory
gptkbp:measures spectroscopy
recessional velocity of galaxies
distance to astronomical objects
gptkbp:observedBy quasars
galaxies
supernovae
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:blueshift
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:general_relativity
gptkb:special_relativity
spectrometer
light from distant objects
gptkbp:symbol z
gptkbp:type gptkb:Doppler_redshift
gptkb:cosmological_redshift
gravitational redshift
gptkbp:usedIn measuring Hubble constant
determining universe expansion rate
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Postman
gptkb:Amazon_CloudWatch
gptkb:us-east-1
gptkb:Informatica_Cloud
gptkb:Linux_apps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5