Astronomer is making observation of new-discovered galactic

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An astronomer is making an observation of a new-discovered galactic object. Part of this observation is the study of the light emitted by the object. It is observed that this light includes a clear pattern of the emission spectrum of atomic hydrogen. Part of that spectrum is the Hα line, which on earth has a wavelength of 656.258nm (10-9 m ). The observed light from this object has this spectral line measured at 659.0 nm. Describe this discrepancy, quantitatively, using the Doppler effect

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