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Also Known As ultraviolet light • ultraviolet wave • UV radiation

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electromagnetic spectrum
an image taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory's Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
Figure 1: The electromagnetic spectrum.
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Understand how the electromagnetic spectrum helps study the celestial bodies
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Johann Wilhelm Ritter
German physicist
George Wald
American biochemist
Fabry, Charles
Charles Fabry
French physicist

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