Harvard classification

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Harvard classification [ˈhɑːvəd]

(Astronomy) a classification of stars based on the characteristic spectral absorption lines and bands of the chemical elements present See spectral type

[named after the observatory at Harvard, Massachusetts, where it was prepared and published as part of The Henry Draper Catalogue (1924)]

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