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The optical regime is historically the best-studied wavelength range. Gas ionized by massive stars produces optical emission lines that have been used to derive indicators of star-formation rate, metallicity, dust reddening, and the ionization conditions of the interstellar medium. Absorption lines have been used to measure velocity dispersions, and the 4000 Å break has been shown to be a useful indicator of the mean age of stellar populations. I briefly summarize some recent work done on, specifically, star-formation rate indicators, in view of their importance for understanding star-forming galaxies at high redshift.
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Calzetti, D. (2005). Local Starbursts: Perspectives from the Optical. In: De Grijs, R., González Delgado, R.M. (eds) Starbursts. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 329. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3539-X_17
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