Balmer Absorption Lines in Different Temperature Stars

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the search for real images of Balmer absorption lines in stars of varying temperatures, specifically focusing on a 10,000° Kelvin star and contrasting it with images from much colder or hotter stars. The context is primarily for a presentation.

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  • Exploratory, Homework-related

Main Points Raised

  • One participant requests images of strong and weak Balmer absorption lines for different temperature stars for a presentation.
  • Another participant suggests searching for "stellar absorption spectra" in Google Images as a potential resource for finding the requested images.
  • A participant expresses satisfaction with the suggested resource but inquires about the crediting of images, questioning whether they are commons or require attribution.
  • There is a repeated acknowledgment of the need to check image crediting, indicating a concern about proper usage.

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Participants generally agree on the need for images of Balmer absorption lines and the suggested search method, but there is no consensus on the specifics of image crediting.

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Balmer strong weak absorption lines
Hi all

I couldn't find on the web anywhere but what I'm looking for is a real image of strong Balmer absorption lines for a 10,000° Kelvin star and also a real image of a weak Balmer absorption lines for both a much colder or hotter star that shows how the absorption lines are weak. Does anybody know a resource that may have some images like this? It's for presentation I'm giving.
 
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I can't find a high resolution image, but you're looking for something like this:
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You can see that the absorption lines for hot stars (near the top) are typically weaker than those for cooler stars (bottom). You can find plenty of images like this by searching for "stellar absorption spectra" in google images.
 
Yes, perfect. I can use that. Is there credit to be given somewhere or is it commons?
 
Albertgauss said:
Yes, perfect. I can use that. Is there credit to be given somewhere or is it commons?
Oof. I didn't think to check. My apologies.
 

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