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Our Sun's Spectrum

Subject:The Spectrum of our Sun from Violet to Infrared
Telescope:None: The fiber was aimed at blue sky.
Mount:n/a
Imager:SBIG ST-237a
Image Details:This is a series of high resolution spectra combined into a mosaic. The images were taken through an ST-237a imager attached to a reflection grating spectrometer with 1200 lpi grating. Major lines are marked along with their wavelengths in Angstroms. Each integration was 5 seconds duration and had a dark frame subtracted. 17-March-2005.

Line IDElement
KCa Ionized Calcium
HCa Ionized Calcium
hHydrogen Delta
GFe & Ca - CH Band
fH
eFe
FHydrogen Beta
b2-1Mg Neutral Magnesium
EFe Neutral Iron
D2-1Na Neutral Sodium
aO2
CHydrogen Alpha
BO2 Terrestrial Oxygen
AO2 Terrestrial Oxygen


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