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Since each element has a personalized, quantized amount of energy levels that the electrons of its atoms can inhabit, employing an understanding of wave-particle duality in light, wavelengths can be measured and matched back to what element is emitting it. Using spectroscopy, the elemental composition of the stars can be determined by measuring the wavelengths of the light emitted from them. The light refracts in the spectroscope lens (it works like a prism, separating white light into the colors that compose it) and displays colored notches with their corresponding wavelengths.

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