One set of lines appears at roughly Sun: 883.8 nm Arcturus: 884.0 nm which means that the difference is delta_lambda = 884.0 - 883.8 = 0.2 nm Since Arcturus' line has LONGER wavelength, it must be moving AWAY from us. Its speed is 0.2 nm v = -------- * c = 0.000226 * ( 300,000 km/s ) = 68 km/s 883.8 nm