# On the distribution of intensity in stellar absorption lines

Author: Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979; Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972

Genre: Category: Science - Physics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75914

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## Summary

9. The general results for the intensities at the centers of lines show an interesting relation to absolute brightness; the brighter stars have, in general, lines that cut more deeply into the background. A result of considerable interest is that the average residual intensity in the strong wide absorption lines is more than 30 per cent of the background intensity.

## Chapters

- [VOLUME 61.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-the-distribution-of-intensity-in-stellar-absorption-lines-75914/chapters/3/index.md)
- [VOLUME 60.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-the-distribution-of-intensity-in-stellar-absorption-lines-75914/chapters/2/index.md)
- [c. The accuracy of the microphotometer tracings is in general](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-the-distribution-of-intensity-in-stellar-absorption-lines-75914/chapters/1/index.md)