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Optical astronomy encompasses a wide variety of observations via telescopes that are sensitive in the range of visible light. It includes imaging, where a picture of some sort is made of the object; photometry, where the amount of light coming from an object is measured, and spectroscopy, where the distribution of that light with respect to its wavelength is measured.

An example of spectroscopy is the study of Fraunhofer lines to understand of what kind of matter light is going through.

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	Optical astronomy encompasses a wide variety of observations via [[telescope]]s that are sensitive in the range of [[visible light]]. It ~~inclides~~ ''imaging'', where a picture of some sort is made of the object; ''photometry'', where the amount of light coming from an object is measured, and ''spectroscopy'', where the distribution of that light with respect to its wavelength is measured.		Optical astronomy encompasses a wide variety of observations via [[telescope]]s that are sensitive in the range of [[visible light]]. It includes ''imaging'', where a picture of some sort is made of the object; ''photometry'', where the amount of light coming from an object is measured, and ''spectroscopy'', where the distribution of that light with respect to its wavelength is measured.

	An example of ~~optical astronomy~~ is the study of [[Fraunhofer lines]] to understand of what kind of matter light is going through.		An example of spectroscopy is the study of [[Fraunhofer lines]] to understand of what kind of matter light is going through.