Are the Galxies Expanding?

[bennyboy]

I was mainly noting that most of the things we see are NOT red shifted. Distant galaxies are, but closer stars need not be.

I'd bet they are, but you'd have to know where they fit in to the grand scheme of things to determine that.

Let's say a nearby galaxy's center is stationary relative to ours. Blue shifted stars would be in an arm moving toward us, and red in those moving away from us.

Now let's say that galaxy is moving away from us, but less quickly than the negative vector contributed by the movement of that arm. It would appear blue shifted, but less so than it would have been if its galactic center were stationary. Even though it's blue shifted-- it's red shifted.