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Classification of Stellar Spectra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M.M. Dworetsky
M.M. Dworetsky*
Affiliation:
University of London Observatory, University College London, Mill Hill Park, London NW7 2QS, U.K.

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The objectives of this exercise are to gain familiarity with the appearance of the spectra of stars, to understand some of the temperature and luminosity criteria used to classify spectra, and to gain insights into the relationship between the appearance of stellar spectra and physical conditions in stellar atmospheres.

Type
4. Student Projects
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 105: The Teaching of Astronomy , 1990 , pp. 138 - 140
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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