Multiple Choice
The Tully-Fisher relation provides a method of determining distances to galaxies by estimating the galaxy luminosity from a measurement of which parameter relating to the 21-cm atomic hydrogen radio emission line?
A) width
B) position and hence Doppler shift from the rest wavelength
C) intensity
D) split between its two components
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