In reply to H LV's message of Wed, 31 Aug 2022 23:09:16 -0400: Hi Harry, [snip] >On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 4:28 PM Robin <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> In reply to H LV's message of Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:04:43 -0400: >> Hi, >> >> 1) This is an interesting idea. >> > >Thanks > >2) Light bounces off particles anyway, regardless of whether or not people >> believe this causes the red shift. Images >> *are* blurry to some extent, however, if most of the scattering occurs >> soon after the light is emitted, then from a >> great distance the source will appear to be a point source anyway. >> 3) Most of the scattering does happen locally, because there is a gradient >> in the density of particles. Greatest near >> stars, and decreasing into intergalactic space. >> >> >If most of the redshift occurs near the source why does the >redshift increase as the source gets further from us?
Good question, and I must admit I don't really have a good answer, other than the fact that not all the scattering happens near the source. Of course now you are going to say, "then why aren't they even blurrier?" Aren't far away objects blurrier than close ones? Perhaps this isn't the whole cause of the red shift, but it must be a contributing factor. > >Harry Regards, R. van Spaandonk Crops, not towns, should be planted on floodplains. Even the ancient Egyptians knew this.
