The Doppler Effect
Blue Shift (to higher
frequencies)
Red Shift (to lower
frequencies)
The light of a moving
source is blue/red
shifted by
Dl
/
l
0
= v
r
/c
l
0
= actual
wavelength
emitted by the
source
Dl =
Wavelength
change due to
Doppler effect
v
r
= radial
velocity
v
r
0