EPISODE · Jan 11, 2006

Lecture 07: Stellar Brightness

from Astronomy 162 - Stars, Galaxies, & the Universe · host Richard Pogge

How do we quantify stellar brightness? This lecture introduces the inverse square-law of apparent brightness, the relation between Luminosity and Apparent Brightness, introduces the stellar magnitude system, and discusses photometry and the how we measure apparent brightness in practice. Recorded 2006 January 11 in 1008 Evans Laboratory on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.

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