Explainer: seeing the universe through spectroscopic eyes
- Written by The Conversation
Breaking down the colours in the star light can reveal more about what you are looking at.Flickr/Indigo Skies PhotographyWhen you look up on a clear night and see stars, what are you really looking at? A twinkling pinprick of light with a hint of colour?
Imagine looking at a starry sky with eyes like prisms that separate the light from each star...







