What would the spectrum from sunlight in a spectrometer look like?

What would the spectrum from sunlight in a spectrometer look like?

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Jan 30, 2018

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Explanation:

The Sun's spectral type is G2G2.

It is a hydrogen/helium rich (H - 90.965%, He - 8.889%) main sequence star with a 5772 K surface temperature.

In the image, the spectrum of sunlight lies between the G0G0 and G5G5 spectra.

NASA Sun Fact Sheet