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\begin{centering}  \textbf{Abstract}  \end{centering}  \begin{centering}  \par We performed spectroscopy on the $5^{2}S_{1/2}$ → $5^{2}P_{3/2}$ transition of rubidium 85 and rubidium 87. Using Doppler spectroscopy, we found the energies of the transition of the F=2 excited state of the $5^{2}S_{1/2}$ state of rubidium 85 to the $5^{2}P_{3/2}$ state, the F=3 excited state of the $5^{2}S_{1/2}$ state of rubidium 85 to the $5^{2}P_{3/2}$ state, the F=1 excited state of the $5^{2}S_{1/2}$ state of rubidium 87 to the $5^{2}P_{3/2}$ state, and the F=2 excited state of the $5^{2}S_{1/2}$ state of rubidium 87 to the $5^{2}P_{3/2}$ state. Our results were not quite consistent with theory withing uncertainty, but there are many possible reasons for this slight discrepancy. Using saturation absorption spectroscopy, we were able to resolve the hyperfine structure of each of the previously mentioned energy levels. Our results were not quite consistent with theory within uncertainty, but this is very likely because we modeled our frequency scan as linear but it is not actually linear.  \end{centering}