My Star has the temperature of 3000 Kelvins. How do you use Wein's Law to calculate the wavelength for which the intensity of the radiation emitted by your star is the greatest?

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My Star has the temperature of 3000 Kelvins. How do you use Wein's Law to calculate the wavelength for which the intensity of the radiation emitted by your star is the greatest?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-17T17:46:26

#\lambda_{max}T=b; \qquad b = 2.8977729\times10^{-3}\quad m.K#
#\lambda_{max} = b/T = (2.8977720\times10^{-3}\quad m.K)/(3000\quad K)#
#\qquad\qquad= 0.9659\quad \mum = 965.9\quad nm#

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My Star has the temperature of 3000 Kelvins. How do you use Wein's Law to calculate the wavelength for which the intensity of the radiation emitted by your star is the greatest?

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