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diffuse interstellar bands

(DIBs)
(type of absorption bands seen in astronomical objects)

Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are absorption bands that are clearly due to some kind of ISM absorption, evident while observing astronomical objects. They are now attributed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and similar carbon molecules. Buckminsterfullerene (C60) has been identified in some.

(spectrography,absorption)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_interstellar_bands
http://bjm.scs.illinois.edu/astronomy/dibs.php
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ARA%26A..33...19H/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...846..168S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018PASP..130g1001K/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023MNRAS.521.3727V/abstract
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