Lecture 09: Stellar Spectra

What do the spectra of stars look like, and what can they tell us about stellar properties? This lecture introduces the idea of stellar color, gives a brief overview of the history of stellar spectroscopy, and introduces spectral classification and the main stellar spectral types OBAFGKMLT. Recorded 2006 January 13 in 1008 Evans Laboratory on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.

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