Standard Candles and Stellar Radii
 

Standard Candles and Stellar Radii problem 7


  • The luminosity and radius of the Sun are and respectively. Show that the temperature of the surface of the Sun is .


  • The wavelength of light for which the maximum rate of emission occurs from the Sun is . The temperature of the surface of the star Sirius is . Use information from (a) to determine the wavelength of light for which the maximum rate of emission occurs from Sirius.


 

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