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| interstellar band comparison table | |||||||||
| Subject | has specie | has unit | has definition | has value | occurs in | is a kind of | has wavelength | has width | has use |
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| cyanogen band | CN | radiation unit | Molecular absorption band found in the spectra of stars of type G0 and later. | G0 star or later | interstellar band | luminosity criterion; it is more pronounced in giants than in dwarfs of the same spectral type |
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