The boss found some old spectroscopes on Friday afternoon. The small ones turned out to be the best. I have never seen the absorption spectrum of the Sun with my own eyes before. Here it is! You can clearly see the black lines where hydrogen atoms in the colder (on 4000C ish!) chromosphere have absorbed photons of light and re-emitted them randomly, reducing the intensity. I'm ecstatic.Sunday 24 July 2011
Absorption spectrum for the Sun
The boss found some old spectroscopes on Friday afternoon. The small ones turned out to be the best. I have never seen the absorption spectrum of the Sun with my own eyes before. Here it is! You can clearly see the black lines where hydrogen atoms in the colder (on 4000C ish!) chromosphere have absorbed photons of light and re-emitted them randomly, reducing the intensity. I'm ecstatic.