H alpha Comparison Table

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H alpha comparison table

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Balmer line 2 hydrogen (H I) The series lies in the visible portion of the spectrum. (Deuterium Hα is 1.785 Å short-ward of hydrogen Hα) 3647 Å hydrogen line

Fraunhofer line Joseph Fraunhofer Absorption line in the spectrum of the Sun, studied by Fraunhofer in 1814. The nine most prominent he labeled with capital letters (from the red end) A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. and K. The A band and B band are now known to be groups of telluric lines due to O₂ absorption in Earth's atmosphere, and C and F are respectively known as Hα and Hβ. 1814 Sun absorption line emission line

spectral line A line corresponding to an image of the entrance slit of the spectrometer, seen when light is either emitted by or interrupted by a hot rarefied gas such as hydrogen. The pattern is characteristic of the gas and the wavelength at which the features are observed to occur is indicative of the velocity of the object. spectral feature

H alpha Joseph Fraunhofer 2 3 1814 Sun 3647 Å 6563 Å Balmer line emission line

Subject	has discoverer	has lower energy level	has specie	has upper energy level	has definition	has dicovery date	occurs in	has series limit	is a kind of	has wavelength	is an instance of	has antonym
Balmer line		2	hydrogen (H I)		The series lies in the visible portion of the spectrum. (Deuterium Hα is 1.785 Å short-ward of hydrogen Hα)			3647 Å	hydrogen line
Fraunhofer line	Joseph Fraunhofer				Absorption line in the spectrum of the Sun, studied by Fraunhofer in 1814. The nine most prominent he labeled with capital letters (from the red end) A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. and K. The A band and B band are now known to be groups of telluric lines due to O₂ absorption in Earth's atmosphere, and C and F are respectively known as Hα and Hβ.	1814	Sun		absorption line			emission line
spectral line					A line corresponding to an image of the entrance slit of the spectrometer, seen when light is either emitted by or interrupted by a hot rarefied gas such as hydrogen. The pattern is characteristic of the gas and the wavelength at which the features are observed to occur is indicative of the velocity of the object.				spectral feature
H alpha	Joseph Fraunhofer	2		3		1814	Sun	3647 Å		6563 Å	Balmer line	emission line

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