I took the
Carolina $10 spectroscope outside to observe the spectrum of a sodium vapour street lamp (the orange coloured ones). I read lines at 500 nm, 515, nm and 590 nm. Here is the sodium spectrum
Looking at the
two part spectrum the lines I observed are indicated with arrows. I also observed some of the blue lines, but couldn't make out the position on the ruler.
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