Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Emission Line Star |
Any star that exhibits emission lines in its spectrum in addition to or in place of the more typical absorption lines. The symbol e in a spectral type e.g. B5e signifies the presence of emission lines.
Wolf-Rayet stars, the hottest of all, have totally emission line spectra. Emission lines occur in the spectra of certain O stars and B stars and also, at the cooler end of the range, in some M stars and cool variable Mira stars.
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