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In fifth grade, and subsequently when doing a stint at Wayne State University (and losing my mind as a 20 year old) I wrote papers on Fraunhofer lines.

Oddly enough, Eric brought it up on his blog, or at least in a roundabout way did.

Fraunhofer lines are the spectral lines in the light emitted from an object.

With just these lines, you can determine what elements are in the object emitting the light.

It’s an aura, for the stars.

I got a B+ on both papers. My astronomy teacher said it was the only paper he read all day, that wasn’t crap. He was a nut.