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In this activity students learn that galaxies shine on the basis of their intergrated stellar population, therefore, adding together different stellar spectra should reproduce the spectra of a galaxy.  This activity contains an applet which allows one to add spectra of up to four different stars to produce a resultant spectra. To reproduce qualitatively a spectra of a galaxy one can add together and F main sequence star and a K Giant. The spectra are normalized by V-band luminosity.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Galaxies
- Stars
- Upper Undergraduate
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
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- Educators
- Learners
- application/java
- text/html
- video/mpeg
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Keywords:
activity , applet, galaxy, spectra
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Metadata instance created June 15, 2005 by Patricia Monahan
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June 17, 2005 by Patricia Monahan
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University of Oregon Physics Department, , WWW Document, (http://zebu.uoregon.edu/nsf/spectra.html).
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University of Oregon Physics Department, Galaxy and Stellar Spectra, <http://zebu.uoregon.edu/nsf/spectra.html>.
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University of Oregon Physics Department. (n.d.). Galaxy and Stellar Spectra. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from http://zebu.uoregon.edu/nsf/spectra.html
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University of Oregon Physics Department. Galaxy and Stellar Spectra. http://zebu.uoregon.edu/nsf/spectra.html (accessed 25 April 2024).
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University of Oregon Physics Department. Galaxy and Stellar Spectra. 25 Apr. 2024 <http://zebu.uoregon.edu/nsf/spectra.html>.
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