In astronomy, it is important to categorize celestial bodies by classifying collected spectral data. The currently available methods present unsatisfactory spectral classification accuracy and incur ...

III. IN the year 1890 a photographic study of the spectra of stars was commenced by me at the Solar Physics Observatory at Kensington. The object of the investigation was not so much to make a ...

Stellar color is primarily determined by the star's surface temperature; hotter stars emit more blue light, while cooler stars emit more red light, mirroring the behavior of a propane flame. Stars are ...

DOVER, DE- The legacy of Annie Jump Cannon, a pioneering Dover native who revolutionized stellar classification, is being remembered today. Cannon, born 161 years ago on this day in 1863, made ...

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