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Little Points of Light
Spectroscopy
  • David W. Ball, Cleveland State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
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Abstract

The article discusses several approaches in determining the spectroscopic aspects of the stars and the galaxy formulated by various astronomer. It notes that astronomer Norman Robert Pogson created a magnitude system to analyzes the perceived brightness of the stars by differentiating between the apparent magnitude and the absolute magnitude. It mentions on the development of the Hubble's law by astronomer Edwin Hubble and Milton Humason to determine the spectra of a collection of galaxies.

Citation Information
David W. Ball. "Little Points of Light" Spectroscopy Vol. 26 Iss. 1 (2011) p. 20 - 23
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_ball/85/