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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