Firefly bioluminescence has a peak wavelength of around 600nm. From Wien’s blackbody radiation displacement law calculate the temperature if this were a blackbody spectrum. Could this be a blackbody spectrum and why or why not?

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6. Firefly bioluminescence has a peak wavelength of around 600nm. From Wien’s blackbody radiation displacement law calculate the temperature if this were a blackbody spectrum. Could this be a blackbody spectrum and why or why not?

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