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albear
Jun 13, 2007, 01:57 PM
Which spectral classes do these mostly apply to and why, how can I find out

Capuchin
Jun 13, 2007, 11:33 PM
I'm not entirely sure of the question but the Balmer absorption lines refer to the light of the energy to raise electrons from the n=2 to higher orbitals in the Hydrogen atom.

I'm not sure what you mean by "spectral classes".

More info: Balmer series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmer_series)

albear
Jun 14, 2007, 09:20 AM
Thanks,by spectralclassesi meant OBAFGKM it was A and B but I didn't know why

Capuchin
Jun 14, 2007, 10:30 AM
What on earth is OBAFGKM? :P

albear
Jun 14, 2007, 10:44 AM
The spectral groups from blackbody radiation

Capuchin
Jun 14, 2007, 10:56 AM
I had actually never come across that clasification, I just would classify it by temperature, so our sun is a 5800K blackbody.

Interesting :)