AST201H1 Lecture 6: Ast 201 Lecture 6 26th January 2012.docx

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Spectroscopy: the studying of the spectrum of light. Farunhofer: detected lines in the spectrum of the sun. When reading a spectrum, you must read it from left to right Low-density gases: like a nebula or an atmosphere of a planet. Atoms just sort of float around emitting and absorbing light at the same time. (independently of the others) we call this an emission spectra. The positions of the spectral lines predict the chemical composition of the object. Dense objects: ( gas,liquid, or solid) dense objects emit some light at all wave length. Most emit very much like the blackbody spectrum. As it gets hotter, it emits more light at shorter wavelengths.

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