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... Spectrum of Arcturus - Temperatures of the Stars - Physical Distinctions CHAPTER IV . STARS WITH BANDED SPECTRA . Significance of the Appearance of Flutings in Stellar Spectra- Of two Distinct Kinds - Stars of the Third Type-- Chemical ...
... Spectrum of Arcturus - Temperatures of the Stars - Physical Distinctions CHAPTER IV . STARS WITH BANDED SPECTRA . Significance of the Appearance of Flutings in Stellar Spectra- Of two Distinct Kinds - Stars of the Third Type-- Chemical ...
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... Spectrum of Gaseous Nebula - Of the Orion Nebula - Photographic Investigations - Spectrum of the Andromeda Nebula . CHAPTER VI . SIDEREAL EVOLUTION . Life - History of Stars - Advance of Condensation - Relationships of Side- real ...
... Spectrum of Gaseous Nebula - Of the Orion Nebula - Photographic Investigations - Spectrum of the Andromeda Nebula . CHAPTER VI . SIDEREAL EVOLUTION . Life - History of Stars - Advance of Condensation - Relationships of Side- real ...
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... SPECTRUM OF HYDROGEN IN WHITE STARS COMPARED WITH THE SPECTRUM OF THE ORION NEBULA ( Huggins ) 2. PHOTOGRAPHED STELLAR SPECTRA ( Huggins ) . PAGE 38 • 41 3. PHOTOGRAPHED STELLAR SPECTRA ( Scheiner ) 43 4. STELLAR SPECTRA OF THE THIRD ...
... SPECTRUM OF HYDROGEN IN WHITE STARS COMPARED WITH THE SPECTRUM OF THE ORION NEBULA ( Huggins ) 2. PHOTOGRAPHED STELLAR SPECTRA ( Huggins ) . PAGE 38 • 41 3. PHOTOGRAPHED STELLAR SPECTRA ( Scheiner ) 43 4. STELLAR SPECTRA OF THE THIRD ...
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... spectrum of the rays of light given out , when in a state of vaporous incandescence , by each separate chemical substance . These invariable lines serve as an index to the presence of the sub- stance they are associated with , in the ...
... spectrum of the rays of light given out , when in a state of vaporous incandescence , by each separate chemical substance . These invariable lines serve as an index to the presence of the sub- stance they are associated with , in the ...
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Agnes Mary Clerke. laborious operation . What is called a comparison - spectrum is usually employed as an adjunct to it . Rays from some terrestrial source are reflected into one half of the slit , through the other half of which the ...
Agnes Mary Clerke. laborious operation . What is called a comparison - spectrum is usually employed as an adjunct to it . Rays from some terrestrial source are reflected into one half of the slit , through the other half of which the ...
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61 Cygni 70 Ophiuchi absorption Aldebaran Algol Andromeda Andromeda nebula appear Arcturus Argûs Astr astronomy atmospheric bands Betelgeux blue bodies bright lines brilliant Cassiopeia Catalogue centre century cluster colour comets condensation Cygni dark detected distance double stars effect extent faint galactic Harvard heavens heliometer hence Huggins hydrogen hydrogen lines Ibid interval less light Lockyer luminous lustre Lyræ magnitude star mass maximum measured ment miles Milky Mira Monthly Notices movements nearly nebula ninth magnitude objects observations Observatory Ophiuchus orbit Orion Orion nebula pair parallax peculiarities period Phil photographic photosphere planetary plates Pleiades present Professor proper motion rays red stars refractor remarkable remote satellite Schjellerup seems sidereal Sir John Herschel Sirian Sirius sixth magnitude small stars solar southern space spectra spectroscopic spectrum stellar Struve sun's telescope tion Trans variable stars velocity visible visual Vogel yellow
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