Why are so few molecules observed in visible light? Where are most observed, and why?

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Few molecules, such as TiO, are durable enough to exist in the photospheres of the coolest stars and thus be visually detected. Most less-durable molecules can exist only at much colder temperatures, where they give off infrared, microwave, or even radio emissions from their rotational and vibrational transitions.

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