Light, Colors & Stars Using Spectroscopy to Investigate Temperature, Motion & Composition at a Distance A Question & Story to start us off
Spectrum Overview
The Visible Spectrum You Tube Video: Relative size of Visible Spectrum
Black Body Simulation Wien’s Law
Spectroscopy & Composition 1802, William Hyde Wollaston 1814, Joseph von Fraunhofer
Origins of Spectrochemistry 1832, J F Herschel –Coloration of flame 1913, Bohr’s atom –Explains simple line spectra chemistry-flame-test.html Bohr Model Applet with Spectrum Bohr Model Flash Animation
Kirchhoff’s Laws 1859, Gustav Robert Kirchhoff & Robert Bunsen –Reversibility of lines –Unique/specific to element Hot & Dense: continuous Hotter & Not Dense: emission lines Cooler & Not Dense absorption lines Temp is relative to background
Solar Radiation & Atmospheric Filtering Molecules & Light Sim
Our Atomosphere the Filter: Hidden by the Atmosphere UVX-RayIR
Where to put your telescope?
Red/Blue Shift news/2003/07/59481 odin.physastro.mnsu.edu/.../astr101/week5.html Doppler Simulation Though Sim is for sound waves, the principle works the same
Motion of Galaxies
Application of Absorption Spectrum & Doppler