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Re: stellar spectra

fred brace wrote:

The spectrum of the sun is a continuous spectrum with dark absorption
lines. How does one
observe the hydrogen lines to see if there is a red shift?

Since the entire continuous spectrum from a receding star is red shifted, one
observes where (what wavelength) in the background spectrum the dark hydrogen
lines occur.

poj