Information taken from Wikipedia.
Fraunhofer lines - named for:
Joseph Fraunhofer, ennobled in 1824 as Ritter von Fraunhofer (6 March 1787 – 7 June 1826) was a German optician. He is known for the discovery of the dark absorption lines known as Fraunhofer lines in the Sun's spectrum, and for making excellent optical glass and achromatic telescope objectives.
The major Fraunhofer lines, and the elements they are associated with, are shown in the following table:
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Our images are at the 'C' line which is the Hydrogen Alpha wave length 656.281nm.
(nm = nanometer or one billionth of a meter) Another wave length available to amateurs is the H and K line (Calcium) . The Coronado Ca scope has unfortunately been discontinued.
There are many other solar features to see at different wave lengths, some of which do not pass through our atmosphere. Check sites like solarmonitor.org to see these features.
1 comment:
Excellent information Bill , there is nothing like 656.281 NM
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