Starlight, Star Bright: Luminosity & Magnitude

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 23:30 in Astronomy & Space

The brightness of a star is measured several ways: how it appears from Earth, how bright it would appear from a standard distance and how much energy it emits.

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