Lecture 07: Stellar Brightness

Lecture 07: Stellar Brightness

Update: 2006-01-11
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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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Lecture 07: Stellar Brightness

Lecture 07: Stellar Brightness

Richard Pogge