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Use spectra of stars
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Ignore broad (“high pressure”
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stellar lines
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Very narrow (low pressure)
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lines from interstellar gas
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This one Ca II
= Ca+1
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Stronger in more distant stars
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Stronger when looking
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through interstellar gas clouds
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Hydrogen hard to measure
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remember Balmer rules
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