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wavelengths of absorbed or emitted photons
A unique continuous spectrum
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You are seeing the spectrum of the metal used in a light bulb. In a florescent tube you are seeing ultraviolet light being transformed into visible light by the internal phosphor coating.
There are several kinds of spectra. Bright line spectrum, or emission spectrum, is when light emitted by a gas has an electrical discharge going through it, and it produces a spectrum of just a few isolated parallel lines.
It differs by that white light spectrum is continuous and consists of light of all wavelengths. Emission spectrum is not continuous. It consists of bright lines at specific wavelengths, with complete darkness between them.
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The spectrum is a kind of analysis of the light emitted by a star.
The red line in the second graph shows the same action spectrum corrected for the unequal number of photons emitted across the visible spectrum.
A stellar spectrum is the light emitted by a star.
Spectrum
Frank Leigh Robeson has written: 'The infra-red spectrum of helium in a long discharge tube ..' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Infrared spectra, Helium 'The infra-red spectrum of helium in long discharge tubes ..' -- subject(s): Helium, Infrared spectra, Spectra
wavelengths of absorbed or emitted photons
IR, mostly.
The spectrum is a kind of analysis of the light emitted by a star.
If it's a *Crookes* tube you're asking about, it's a discharge tube because the applied electrical field causes ionization and a resulting discharge of energy in the form (mostly) of light, depending on the gas or gases in the tube.