The Balmer Series of lines in the hydrogen atom was very important in the history of physics and astronomy. What made it so important?
A) It helped Rutherford explain the workings of the atomic nucleus
B) Balmer's experiments with these lines helped prove Wien's Law
C) When electrons change levels to produce the Balmer series, the emitted light is in the visible part of the spectrum, so the lines were easy to see with our eyes
D) The Balmer series of lines can only be observed from outer space; so the competition to see these lines led to the space race
E) Mr. Balmer never got the Nobel prize, which made everyone in the field of spectroscopy so angry, they worked extra hard

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The Balmer series of lines is important because the emitted light is in the visible part of the spectrum, making the lines easy to see with our eyes. This allowed scientists to study the spectrum of the hydrogen atom in detail and led to important discoveries about the structure of atoms and the behavior of electrons within them.

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