Re: Basic Astronomy Question 101



On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:24:58 GMT, Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>OK, it says that distant stars are 'redshifted into obscurity' because
>the universe is expanding.
>If this is so, then we should hear those stars (their emitted visible light)
>in the radio spectrum, all the way to LF and VLF and aproaching zero Hz,.
>Is this observed?

Yes, to the limits of our current telescopes.

>So then that leaves us with a young universe.

Nope, it leaves us with the need to build bigger telescopes to see
further distances and earlier times.

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Michael McCulloch
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