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The 37 pages that link to Stellar spectroscopy, each with the reason it gives.

• Type Ia supernovaRelated: Spectral lines provide the observational criteria used to identify Type Ia events.

• Spectral lineBroader topic: Stellar lines provide evidence about elemental abundances, temperature, and motion.

• Stellar atmosphereRelated: Atmospheric conditions are inferred from the spectra formed in its layers.

• Annie Jump CannonNarrower topic: Cannon classified stars by comparing the absorption features in their spectra.

• Atomic spectrumBroader topic: Stellar atomic lines reveal chemical composition, temperature, and motion.

• NucleosynthesisRelated: Spectral lines reveal which elements stellar atmospheres contain.

• Cecilia Payne-GaposchkinRelated: Payne used stellar spectra to measure the relative abundances of elements.

• Fraunhofer linesNarrower topic: The same absorption-line method extends from the Sun to distant stars.

• SiriusRelated: Spectra reveal the temperatures and compositions of Sirius A and B.

• Atomic emission spectrumRelated: Stellar emission lines can reveal hot gas and the elements present in it.

• Rydberg formulaRelated: Hydrogen line positions help identify and interpret stellar spectra.

• Harvard ComputersNarrower topic: Spectroscopy supplied the evidence that the computers sorted and interpreted.

• Galactic archaeologyRelated: Spectral lines reveal the elemental abundances used to trace stellar origins.

• Small Magellanic CloudRelated: Spectra of its stars reveal chemical abundances and past enrichment.

• Red dwarfRelated: Spectra reveal the low temperatures and characteristic features used to classify red dwarfs.

• Williamina FlemingRelated: Fleming classified stars by comparing spectral features recorded on plates.

• Margaret BurbidgeRelated: Burbidge used spectra to investigate stars and the chemical elements they contain.

• Antonia MauryNarrower topic: Maury classified the spectral patterns revealed by this method.

• Edward Charles PickeringRelated: Spectra supplied the evidence Pickering’s staff used to classify stars.

• Hydrogen spectrumRelated: Hydrogen lines help identify stellar atmospheres and measure their temperatures and velocities.

• Spectral line broadeningRelated: Astronomers use broadening to estimate stellar rotation, turbulence, and atmospheric conditions.

• B2FH paperRelated: Spectral abundances supplied evidence against which element-formation theories could be tested.

• SpectroscopeRelated: Spectroscopes first made the fine structure of stellar light available for inspection.

• Stellar metallicityRelated: Elemental absorption lines provide the principal evidence for stellar abundances.

• Yerkes ObservatoryRelated: Spectroscopic work at Yerkes helped classify stars and infer their physical properties.

• Circumstellar mediumRelated: Absorption and emission lines can reveal circumstellar gas and its motion.

• Exoplanet detectionRelated: Spectral lines provide the precise wavelength markers used to detect stellar wobble.

• Henry Norris RussellNarrower topic: Russell used stellar spectra to investigate how stars differ and change.

• Atomic emission spectroscopyRelated: Element-specific emission lines can reveal the composition of hot astronomical gases.

• Meghnad SahaRelated: Saha’s relation let spectroscopists interpret line strengths as evidence about stellar temperature.

• Stellar astronomyRelated: Spectral lines reveal chemical abundances and line-of-sight motion in stellar observations.

• Giant Magellan TelescopeRelated: Its instruments will use stellar spectra to measure compositions, temperatures, and motions.

• Galactic astronomyRelated: Spectra identify stellar chemistry and velocities across the Galaxy.

• Nancy Grace RomanBroader topic: Roman used stellar spectra to investigate stars and the structure of the Milky Way.

• Chemically peculiar starNarrower topic: Spectral lines reveal the surface elements that appear unusually abundant or scarce.

• Heinrich KayserBroader topic: Kayser investigated stellar spectra and helped connect their lines with terrestrial elements.

• Von Zeipel theoremRelated: Latitude-dependent temperatures alter the composite spectrum of a rotating star.