Thomas Telkamp @telkamp.eu · May 25

Measuring Radio Recombination Lines (RRL) with the Dwingeloo telescope (@radiotelescoop.bsky.social), in the Omega Nebula (M17/W38).

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Thomas Telkamp · May 25

These are spectral lines in the radio spectrum that arise from the transitions of electrons between high energy levels in atoms (n>90), when electrons recombine with ions in ionized gas regions, like HII regions.