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Who discovered that the white light we see from stars is a spectrum of colors?
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What appears when colors are absorbed into a stars spectrum?
light appears it feels really hot because of all the stars and they are very big so that appears and lots of light
What type of spectrum do most stars have?
The spectrum is a kind of analysis of the light emitted by a star.
What is the difference between the light you see from stars and light you see from planets?
Visible light is defined as ALL frequencies in the range of 380 to 750 nm, and shows up as a smooth transition of colors like a rainbow when we split it up with a prism or diffraction grating. The spectrum of a star (like our Sun) contains (or is missing, depending on how you look at it) absorption lines that show up as dark lines in the spectrum. The link below has a very good visual comparison.
What colors of the stars in Orion's belt?
light blue-white
Why do some stars appear red?
generally speaking things appears the colors that they do because of two things, the way our eyes and brain perceive them and the way the object absorbs and reflects different wavelengths of the light spectrum. our minds interpret the light spectrum as the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue indigo and violet and any combination of these colors. when light strikes an object, the object absorbs and reflects light waves, for instance if an object appears red to you, it's because the surface of the object absorbs all the other light wavelengths except red, which bounces back to our eye and causes the object to appear red. strangely enough, when all colors of the light spectrum are bounced back to us, we perceive the object to be white and when none of the colors are reflected, we perceive the object to be black!
What appears when colors are absorbed into a stars spectrum?
light appears it feels really hot because of all the stars and they are very big so that appears and lots of light
What can be analyzed by a stars light spectrum?
Its elemental composition.
How do scientists determine a stars composition?
Light wavelength and light spectrum i believe.
What type of spectrum do most stars have?
The spectrum is a kind of analysis of the light emitted by a star.
What are the different colors of all the stars?
Stars can range from blue to red depending on temperature and mass, with yellow stars in the middle and white stars on the back end of the spectrum.
What did Hubble conclude when he noted that light emitted from stars is shifting toward the red of the electromagnetic spectrum?
He noted that light emitted from stars is shifted further toward the red of the electromagnetic spectrum . From this he concluded that the universe was expanding.
What is the difference between the light you see from stars and light you see from planets?
Visible light is defined as ALL frequencies in the range of 380 to 750 nm, and shows up as a smooth transition of colors like a rainbow when we split it up with a prism or diffraction grating. The spectrum of a star (like our Sun) contains (or is missing, depending on how you look at it) absorption lines that show up as dark lines in the spectrum. The link below has a very good visual comparison.
How do you know what distant stars are made of?
The light spectrum coming from the planet. Each element has its own distinct color spectrum.
Spectrum gives the what of the star's gases?
An absorption spectrum can tell the astronomer or physicist what elements are in the starlight being observed. A diffraction grating is used to split the incoming light into a spectrum of colors. Sodium, for example, causes dark Fraunhofer lines at known points in the visible spectrum. Helium was discovered in the solar spectrum by Bunsen and Kirchoff using this technique. Hence the name derived from Helios for the Sun.
What colors of the stars in Orion's belt?
light blue-white
How did the sun get its color?
The sun's color results from the temperature of its outer layer, which emits light in the yellow part of the visible spectrum. Hotter stars tend to emit more light in the blue part of the spectrum while cooler stars are more reddish.
Why do some stars appear red?
generally speaking things appears the colors that they do because of two things, the way our eyes and brain perceive them and the way the object absorbs and reflects different wavelengths of the light spectrum. our minds interpret the light spectrum as the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue indigo and violet and any combination of these colors. when light strikes an object, the object absorbs and reflects light waves, for instance if an object appears red to you, it's because the surface of the object absorbs all the other light wavelengths except red, which bounces back to our eye and causes the object to appear red. strangely enough, when all colors of the light spectrum are bounced back to us, we perceive the object to be white and when none of the colors are reflected, we perceive the object to be black!
