Fraunhofer Lines

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5125. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Sun, Basic Solar Properties

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Dark lines in the spectrum of the Sun, first studied by Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826) in 1814. He labeled the most prominent of these by the letters A to K, ranging from the red end of the spectrum to the violet. Most are absorption lines due to the absorption of light by atoms in the outer regions of the Sun; for example, a prominent pair of close dark lines in the yellow part of the solar s...

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