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> That’s just redshift.

No, it isn't. I explicitly described two other direct observations that are not redshift.

> when people say redshift evidence they mean the relationship between redshift and brightness of a standard candle.

No, they don't. Redshifts of distant objects are directly observed. We don't need a "standard candle" to measure them.

Observations of apparent brightness are used to estimate distances to objects by comparing apparent brightness to the absolute brightness of a "standard candle" that is the same kind of object. However, such distance estimates are model-dependent; before they can even be made, the model parameters first have to be estimated using the observed relationship between redshift, apparent brightness, and apparent angular size.

> And regardless of whether you call it redshift or the relationship between redshift and something else, it would be impacted by a change to redshift.

I have no idea what you mean here.



> Redshifts of distant objects are directly observed

How do you know the object is distant? (notion being challenged “more redshift -> more distance”)

Please answer. Thanks for the patience.




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