The Solar System: Introductory Astronomy Textbook

by

Irina Mullins

 

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Chapter 5. Spectroscopy and Astronomical Tools

 

 

  

5.1. Opacity of the Earth’s Atmosphere

 

5.2. Atmospheric Extinction

 

5.3. Atmospheric Refraction

 

5.4. Atmospheric Scintillation

 

5.5. Temperature

 

5.6. Blackbody Radiation, Wien’s Law, Stefan-Boltzmann Law

 

5.7. Color and Temperature of Astronomical Objects

 

5.8. Astronomy and Spectroscopy

 

5.9. Atoms and Radiation

 

5.10. Spectra of Atoms

 

5.11. Bohr’s Model of Atom and Spectral Lines

 

5.12. Kirchoff’s Laws and Different Types of Spectra

 

5.13. Doppler Effect

 

5.14. Astronomical Objects and Doppler Effect

 

 

 

 

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