SpectraSnapp turns iPhone into spectroscope!

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SpectraSnapp turns iPhone into spectroscope!

Download the free SpectraSnapp app, follow the easy instructions to build a simple add-on for your iPhone’s camera, and point it at anything that glows! The SpectraSnapp app breaks apart the incoming light into its separate wavelengths. You will see how different kinds of light sources have their own unique signatures. Use the comparison tool in the app to match your spectra sample to a library of common sources, and you can tell what’s generating that light! Astronomers use this same technique to figure out what elements make up distant stars.
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