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8.5 Exercise 4

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NGC1763 is an emission nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud just outside our Milky Way Galaxy. Ultraviolet light from hot stars ionize the hydrogen atoms in the nebula. As protons and electrons recombine, light in the visible range is emitted. Compare the energies of the photons involved in these two transitions.

OpenStax University Physics Volume 3, 8.5 Atomic Spectra and X-rays, exercise 4

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