Asri-unix.867 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:C70:sri-unix!Lynn.ES@PARC-MAXC Mon Mar 1 11:26:01 1982 Re: quasar redshifts The Doppler-but-not-distant explanation of quasars wasn't considered because there are not only no blueshifts, but no small redshifts either. I refuse to believe everything is pointing away from us (that's why we believe the universe is expanding rather than that all distant galaxies happen to be traveling specifically away from us); quasars should have randomly oriented motion with respect to us, plus the general expansion of the universe (which would be negligible close by). If they are close and the shift is Doppler, this would result in a variety of all intermediate shifts from highly red to highly blue. /Don Lynn ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.