Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain the difference between luminosity and apparent brightness Understand how astronomers specify brightness with magnitudes Luminosity Perhaps the most important characteristic of a star is its luminosity—the total amount of energy at all wavelengths that it emits per second. Earlier, we saw … Continue reading The Brightness of Stars
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