interstellar absorption
interstellar absorption The absorption of starlight by dust and gas in the space between the stars; also known as
interstellar extinction. The dust and gas are strongly concentrated towards the plane of our Galaxy. Interstellar absorption increases towards the shorter-wavelength (blue) end of the spectrum, and hence makes stars appear redder, so that the terms
interstellar absorption and
interstellar reddening are used almost interchangeably. As well as continuous absorption there are
diffuse interstellar bands, such as that at 443 nm, due mostly to
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other large carbon‐bearing molecules. There are also atomic absorption lines such as the calcium H and K lines at 393 and 397 nm, the sodium D lines at 589.0 and 589.6 nm, and other weaker lines.
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Dew tell. (Weather Talk).(folklore about dew)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Weatherwise; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...disappeared so mysteriously. As more people heard this story and passed it on to others, dew became credited with magical qualities. The folklore of dew was born. Dew has been used in charms and spells throughout the centuries. Several fascinating folktales...
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Dew recognized as real `guardian angel'
Newspaper article from: Courier News (Elgin, IL); 2/18/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...an unknown number of families, DeKalb resident Gary Dew is a guardian angel. Dew is also the recipient of the 2004 Chicagoland Outdoors...Williams. "He's like a guardian angel." Although Dew and Williams had been friends for more than 20 years...
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OBIT - DEWS, HENRY LEE, (HANK)
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 5/27/2004; 495 words
; Henry Lee, "Hank" Dews, 73, of Roanoke, peacefully slipped away from our loving...born in Campbell County on March 4, 1931 to the late Jimmie Dews and Rosetta Gilbert Dews. He was preceded in death by one sister, Mattie Belle Hancock...
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MOUNTAIN DEW/DIET DEW DEBUT ON GRAMMYS; MOUNTAIN DEW ASSERTS BIG BRAND STATUS; 6TH LARGEST BRAND DOUBLES '92 AD SPENDING
PR Newswire; 2/18/1992; 700+ words
; MOUNTAIN DEW/DIET DEW DEBUT ON GRAMMYS; MOUNTAIN DEW ASSERTS BIG BRAND STATUS; 6TH LARGEST BRAND DOUBLES '92 AD SPENDING SOMERS, N.Y., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Pepsi-Cola today announced the premiere of new creative for its fastest...
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Mountain Dew's Evolution Keeps It Ahead of Pack.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/7/2001; 700+ words
; ...Tribune Business News Jul. 7--Mountain Dew isn't supposed to be a breakfast drink...Atlantan, who once drank five bottles of Dew a day. "I don't think I could have made...popular brand, you're right. Mountain Dew -- America's largest non-cola soft...
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OBIT - DEWS HENRY LEE (HANK)
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 5/26/2004; 495 words
; Henry Lee, "Hank" Dews, 73, of Roanoke, peacefully slipped away from our loving...born in Campbell County on March 4, 1931 to the late Jimmie Dews and Rosetta Gilbert Dews. He was preceded in death by one sister, Mattie Belle Hancock...
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DEW Teams with U.S. Based ArmorWorks.
Business Wire; 4/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...today announced that a strategic partnership with DEW Engineering and Development Limited (DEW), a leading aerospace and defense specialist...Canadian Industrial Regional Benefits. "Teaming with DEW Engineering increases our global defense industry...
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Honey Dew Donuts Celebrates 30 Years of Being the Local Flavor of New England by Asking Couples 'What's On Your Honey Dew This List?'.
PR Newswire; 10/29/2003; 700+ words
; ...having to ask!) with the kick off of the "Honey Dew This" competition. To celebrate Honey Dew Donuts' 30th Anniversary, the largest locally...commonly known as a "honey do" list. Now Honey Dew Donuts has created their own version of this list...
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Do the dew
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Jerusalem Post 06-16-2006 Headline: Do the dew Byline: YEHOSHUA SISKIN Edition; Up Front...that is not. Consider the phenomenon of dew. Between Pessah and the end of the harvest...the Amida prayer for God to "bring down dew," at least in Sephardic and hassidic prayer...
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DEW - Misty, magical morning drops add lots of sparkle to a bright new day.(Short Story)
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...from? They came right out of thin air, as if by magic. Only it's not magic--it's just dew. How does it happen? Read on. HOW DO YOU DEW? Dew happens because air has water in it. You can't see the water when it's in the form of a gas...
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Dew Point
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Dew point The dew point is that temperature below which the water vapor in a body of air cannot all remain vapor. When a body of air is cooled to its dew point or below, some fraction of its water vapor shifts from gaseous to...
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dew
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
dew thin film of water that has condensed on the surface of objects near the ground. Dew forms when radiational cooling of these objects...a given water vapor content, is termed the dew point. If a dew point temperature below 32...
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Thomas Roderick Dew
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Thomas Roderick Dew Thomas Roderick Dew (1802-1846), one of the earliest and ablest defenders in America...Southern mind during the 30 years before the Civil War. Thomas Dew, the son of a wealthy planter, was born in King and Queen County...
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Text of the Pro-Slavery Argument (1832, by Thomas Dew)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...TEXT OF THE PRO-SLAVERY ARGUMENT (1832, by Thomas Dew) Thomas Roderick Dew (1802 – 1846) was an economist, professor...slavery arguments of his day. Slavery was not a sin, Dew argued, but an established social institution in which...
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dew cap
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
dew cap An extension to the tube of a refracting telescope to prevent dew from forming on the objective lens, or to the tube of a catadioptric telescope to prevent dew forming on the corrector plate. It works by reducing...
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