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Measure each energy level by the wavenumber $\tilde{E}=(E-E_g)/(hc)$ in ${\mathrm{m}}^{-1}$. An upward electronic transition of vacuum wavelength $\lambda$ adds $1/\lambda$. Treat the quoted wavelengths as vacuum values to their limited accuracy; air corrections would be smaller than the precision justified here.

The strong ground-state absorption must be $5s^2{}^1{S}_0\to 5s5p{}^1{P}_1$ at $461\mathrm{nm}$. The weak ground-state electronic transition at $689\mathrm{nm}$ must reach $5s5p{}^3{P}_1$: the electric-dipole selection rule on $J$ excludes the other two triplet state energy levels, while weak spin-orbit coupling admixes singlet state character and relaxes the approximate spin selection rule.

Assume the usual ordering $E({}^3{P}_0)<E({}^3{P}_1)<E({}^3{P}_2)$, as expected from a positive effective spin-orbit coupling constant. The three nearby strong spectral lines then join these energy levels to a common $5s6s{}^3{S}_1$ energy level. Larger lower-state energy means a smaller gap and longer wavelength, so $679,688,707\mathrm{nm}$ correspond to $J=0,1,2$ respectively. The remaining $1.12\mu \mathrm{m}$ spectral line joins $5s5p{}^1{P}_1$ and $5s6s{}^1{S}_0$. Assume the latter is the upper energy level. These assignments and orderings agree with independently tabulated strontium energy levels.^[ref]

Starting with the two ground-state gaps, the construction isThe resulting energy levels, rounded to avoid suggesting spectroscopic precision, are

Both $461\mathrm{nm}$ and $1.12\mu \mathrm{m}$ exhibit the normal Zeeman effect. Each connects two singlet state energy levels, with Landé g-factor $g_J=1$ for the $J=1$ energy level and no first-order shift for $J=0$. Their frequency shifts are $0,\pm {\mu }_{B}B/h$. The weak $689\mathrm{nm}$ spectral line also has three components, but $g({}^3{P}_1)=3/2$ gives shifts $0,\pm 3{\mu }_{B}B/(2h)$; a three-component pattern alone does not establish the normal Zeeman effect. The $679\mathrm{nm}$ spectral line likewise has three components with $g({}^3{S}_1)=2$.