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[Shady01]

Describe the general trend of dominant lines in stellar spectrum, begining with cool stars and moving to hot stars.

 

[alcalder]

Shady,

Here are a couple of websites to help:

http://www-nutev.phyast.pitt.edu/~naples/class/spring2006/astro/images.html


http://www-nutev.phyast.pitt.edu/~naples/class/star/bbtlfT_1301b_a.jpg
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The spectral lines have to do with the fact that at the higher temperatures there is ionisation and atoms and cooler stars allow the formation of molecules. Hope that helps.

 

[Shady01]

yeah cheers man, some of this stuff can be really sus u know what i mean lol