All this means is that you need to bin your spectra in equal intervals of log wavelength for each pixel to be a constant interval in velocity.
First consider the case whereeachpixel is worth a constant interval in linear wavelength. Here we have
$$ frac{Delta lambda}{lambda} = frac{Delta v}{c},$$
and the $Delta v$ represented by each pixel depends on $lambda$, which changes across the spectrum.
But now if you bin in equal increments of
$$Delta log lambda = frac{Delta lambda}{lambda} = frac{Delta v}{c}$$
and each pixel has the same fixed velocity interval, $Delta v = c Delta loglambda$, independent of $lambda$.
This log wavelength binning is a prerequisite for cross-correlation procedures that yield velocities.
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