Standard Candles and Stellar Radii
 

Standard Candles and Stellar Radii problem 10


  • State what is meant by the luminosity of a star.


  • A star in the constellation Canis Major is a distance of from the Earth and has a luminosity of . The surface temperature of the star is .


    • Calculate the radiant flux intensity of the radiation from the star observed from the Earth. Give a unit with your answer.


    • Determine the radius of the star.


 

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