Multiple Choice
The Tully-Fisher relationship relies on broadening of the 21-cm radio line in distant spiral galaxies. What causes this broadening?
A) thermal motion of the gases in the galaxy
B) random motions of the stars in the galaxy
C) rotation of the galaxy
D) general expansion of the universe (Hubble flow)
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