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What wavelength ( in nanometers ) is the peak intensity of the light coming from a star whose surface temperature is 4987 Kelvin? What color would we see with our eyes?

Foundations of Astronomy (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman

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Students often get confused between Wien's displacement law and Planck's radiation law. Although both are historically related, yet they are conceptually different. Planck's law helps determine the spectrum of a blackbody, while Wien's law determines the relationship between peak wavelength and temperature.

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