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    Hydrogen-alpha (redirect from )
    Hydrogen-alpha, typically shortened to H-alpha or , is a deep-red visible spectral line of the hydrogen atom with a wavelength of 656.28 nm in air and...
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    NGC 1579 (redirect from Lk 101)
    region of star formation. The star cluster contains the emission-line star Lk 101, which provides much of the ionizing radiation in the nebula. NGC 1579...
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  • {\displaystyle \ldots } Or, directly again from the derived definition, () = α(()). If α expresses a "computational step" computed by αρν for some ρ...
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    ChaHα8 (redirect from Cha 8)
    "Improved radial velocity orbit of the young binary brown dwarf candidate Cha 8". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 521 (A24): A24. arXiv:1006.2383. Bibcode:2010A&A...
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    extremely difficult to observe visually. It can be observed with a filter (isolates the line at 656 nm) or Hβ filter (isolates the Hβ line at 486 nm)...
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    L.; Madsen, G. J.; Jaehnig, K. P.; Percival, J. W. (2003), "The Wisconsin Mapper Northern Sky Survey", Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 145 (2): 405...
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    measured to vary by about 10 km/s around a mean of 21.5 km/s. In 1933, the line in Rigel's spectrum was seen to be unusually weak and shifted 0.1 nm...
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    S2CID 203593955. Stanishev, V.; Zamanov, R.; Tomov, N.; Marziani, P. (2004). " variability of the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis". Astronomy and Astrophysics...
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    brightenings in the Sun's photosphere. They are only observed in the wings of the , Hβ, and Hγ hydrogen spectral lines and take place in emerging flux regions...
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    Scientific Achievement Medal in 1974. In 1956, Henize published the Catalogues of -Emission Stars and Nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds. The paper references...
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