Multiple Choice
On the basis of the distance to the Coma Cluster of galaxies (90 Mpc) and the Hubble relation, using for the Hubble constant H0 the value 73 km/sec per million pc, what would be the approximate wavelength shift of the Balmer H spectral line at 656.3 nm emitted by a galaxy in the cluster because of the general expansion of the universe? (See Box 23-2, Universe, 11th ed.)
A) 1.44 × 10-2 nm
B) 2.87 × 10-3 nm
C) 143.7 nm
D) 14.4 nm
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