Question: From the absorption spectrum it is determined that about one out of 106 hydrogen atoms in a certain star is in the first excited state,

From the absorption spectrum it is determined that about one out of 106 hydrogen atoms in a certain star is in the first excited state, 10.2 eV above the ground state (other excited states can be neglected). What is the temperature of the star? 

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