Parameters of a Star

Topics Covered:

Brightness, Radiant Flux and Luminosity, Apparent and Absolute Magnitude scales, Distance Modulus; Determination of Temperature and Radius of a Star; Determination of Masses from Binary orbits.

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Parameters of a Star

Lectures:

Part I

Part II

References:

1. Hannu Kartunen et. al., "Fundamental Astronomy"
2. Baidyanath Basu, "An Introduction to Astrophysics"
3. IGNOU Study Materials

Atanu Kumar

Assitant Professor

Department of Physics

Chandernagore College

atanukum@gmail.com