File:Definition of spectrl type L.png

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Spectral type L star uses differences in the filter intensities for J, R and Ks.

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Description

Spectral type L star uses differences in the filter intensities for J, R and Ks.

Source

The image appears on a website entitled, "Dwarfs Cooler than "M": The Definition of Spectral Type "L" Using Discoveries from the 2-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS)" at url=http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/307414/pdf.

Date

10 July 1999

Author

J. Davy Kirkpatrick, I. Neill Reid, James Liebert, Roc M. Cutri, Brant Nelson, Charles A. Beichman, Conard C. Dahn, David G. Monet, John E. Gizis, and Michael F. Skrutskie

Rationale

No free licensed or public domain alternatives known to exist to show spectral type L star classification as it uses differences in the filter intensities for J, R and Ks about 1999.

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