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Lyman line
subject			fact

Lyman line	has series limit 912 Å
	has lower energy level 1
	is a kind of spectral series line
	is a kind of hydrogen line
hydrogen line	has species hydrogen (H I)
spectral line	has transition
	has equivalent width
spectral feature	has wavelength
	has width
	occurs in
radiation measurement	has unit radiation unit
number	has value

Kinds of Lyman line :

• Lyman alpha (5 facts) - The resonance line of hydrogen. It can only be studied from spacecraft or in the spectra of highly redshifted quasars.
• Lyman beta (3 facts)