Answer to Question #54933 in Astronomy | Astrophysics for Lia

Question

A distant quasar is observed to have a redshift v/c = 0.15, where v is the
recession velocity of the quasar, and c = 300, 000 km/s is the speed of light.
(a) What is the recession velocity v of the quasar in units of km/s? (2 points)

A. 7.47 × 10−5 km/s
B. 45,000 km/s
C. 0.059 km/s
D. 1.43 km/s
E. 1.97 × 106 km/s