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Old July 15th 12, 01:04 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
Sleepalot[_2_]
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Default Help needed - blackbody radiation maths


Hi guys, can anyone help me?

I'm trying do the maths that produces blackbody radiation curves,
[using Open Office Calc] as presented on this page:
http://pveducation.org/pvcdrom/properties-of-sunlight/blackbody-radiation

.... but my results come out like the "ultraviolet catastrophe".

This is not homework; I want to do two things;

a) see what the curves on graphs like this* _should_ look like,
b) to find out how much infrared the Sun produces.

*http://www.johnstonanalytics.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Atmospheric_Transmission.129223740.png

The low temperature curves should look like this:
http://cleanet.org/images/clean/community/climateworkshop/workspace/absorption_spectrum_blackbody_.v2.jpg

(I realise the curve for the Sun will have to be reduced substantially, because
the Sun is far away.)