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Old 02-26-2003, 06:15 PM   #16
Leonis
 

Join Date: March 6, 2001
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Quote:
Originally posted by Legolas:
...Colours of stars do depend on the heat of the stars themselves, but also on a doppler-like effect (don't know the english term for the actual phenomenon), where lightwaves appear to be closer together, or farther apart, than they were when they left the star...
Doppler effect is the term use in English too. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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