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absorption lines due to the thin outer layer above the photosphere
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What layer of the sun is responsible for the absorption of lines in the solar spectrum?
Light coming up from the centre of the Sun goes through the outer layer where it encounters absorbtion by elements in the outer layer, and this gives rise to absorbtion lines in the spectrum.
Are there as many absorption lines in the solar spectrum as there are elements present in the Sun?
There are a lot more. Each element has several possible absorption lines. In fact the element iron has several hundred lines.
What is the most deviated color in the solar spectrum?
its violet
What does the spectrum of a solar prominence reveal?
the influence of stochasticity on nonlinear population.
What part of the solar electromagnetic spectrum has the maximum intensity?
Visible light radiation
What were dark lines in the spectrum named for?
Dark lines especially in solar spectrum have been named as Fraunhofer lines. These line are good examples for line absorption spectrum
What has the author J Houtgast written?
J. Houtgast has written: 'The variations in the profiles of strong Fraunhofer lines along a radius of the solar disc' -- subject(s): Solar Spectrum, Spectrum analysis, Spectrum, Solar
Who was Joseph von Fraunhofer?
Joseph von Fraunhofer lived from 1787-1826. He became the director of a scientific institute in Germany. He made some of the best telescope lenses, which he was trained to do. He identified the dark absorption lines that are in the solar spectrum. These lines show scientists which chemical elements are in light.
The dark lines in the spectrum were named for who EXACTLY?
Joseph Von Fraunhofer as a German physicist who independently discovered (or rediscovered) dark "lines" in the emission spectra of the light emitted by the Sun. Fraunhofer carefully cataloged the precise frequencies of the light that was NOT being emitted by the Sun. Many years later, two other scientists realized that these colors of light were associated with the spectra of particular elements present in the Sun.
A word in space start with F?
· full moon - free fall - far side of the moon - solar faculae - Fraunhofer lines
What does the presence of dark lines in the solar spectrum mean?
The dark lines represents the absorption of energy at that frequency, E=hf.
What conditions produce a dark-line spectrum?
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.
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 layer of the sun is responsible for the absorption of lines in the solar spectrum?
Light coming up from the centre of the Sun goes through the outer layer where it encounters absorbtion by elements in the outer layer, and this gives rise to absorbtion lines in the spectrum.
Are there as many absorption lines in the solar spectrum as there are elements present in the Sun?
There are a lot more. Each element has several possible absorption lines. In fact the element iron has several hundred lines.
What has the author Marc S Allen written?
Marc S. Allen has written: 'High resolution atlas of the solar spectrum 2678-2831 A' -- subject- s -: Charts, diagrams, Solar Spectrum, Spectrum, Solar, Spectrum, Ultraviolet, Ultraviolet Spectrum
What can be determined by studying a solar spectrum?
Dark lines of the absorption spectrum give the elemental composition of the chromosphere, information about the magnetic field and density of the surface. The peak of the continuous spectrum gives the surface temperature. The Doppler Effect shows the movement of the sun and the sun's surface. Splitting of spectral lines verifies the magnetism of sunspots.
