On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 4:28 PM Robin <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au> 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? Harry
