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	I understand from an netnews article based on the New York 
Times of 15 September 1992 and the Jan 1989 edition of the 21st
Century Science and Technology magazine that Bruce Guthrie and 
William Napier of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Scotland
have come to the conclusion that the redshifts of galaxies are 
quantised in agreement with the works of William Tifft
- after spending 4 years trying to disprove it.
The article states: "The preference of galaxies and quasars for
periodic redshift values corresponds to no known physical cause
and raises the question that redshifts (or a component thereof)
may not result from the velocity of the source [which] may
'force a rethink of cosmic questions'" and "has spill-over
implications in favour of the much-maligned astronomer Halton
Arp."
	I find this cosmic phenomena interesting - what I would
be grateful if anyone reading this would do for me would be to 
give me some more details about this (the article is brief), such as:

1. Are there any other significent details that would shed any
light on the reason for this phenomena?

2. What statistical methods did Guthrie & Napier use to disprove the
quantisation?

3. Does this have any implications for 'Big Bang'?

4. What other explanations are there for the redshift
quantisation if it doesn't just correspond to the velocity of
the source? ie for example to do with any forces acting on the
galaxies while they are moving (related to Einsteinian curvature
of space ??) Or could there be a problem with the vantage point
from which we observe the quantisation? (apart from the sun's
influence.)

5. How do you understand the significence of the phenomena,
especially in the light of any other views/ theories of Tifft
and Arp? What does Tifft believe? What does Arp believe?

6. What are the implications involved in the 'cosmic rethink'? -
the origins/age of the universe, concepts of spacetime, the
existance of God posited by some divine order in this ?

If you have electronic copies of either/both the aforementioned source
articles I would appreciate a copy. 

As well as posting I would appreciate a reply electronically; you can 
also reach me at att!ihlpb!poram.

Thanks in advance

Peter Oram