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Measuring the Stars

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Description: Article providing information on how to derive properties of stars, based on observation.
To place a link here contact the webmaster. Brightness : Distance : Luminosity : Surface Temperatures : Mass : Size : Density The stars appear in the sky as twinkling points of light of varying brightness and colours. Unlike the Moon or the planets, no surface or features are visible on the stars even through very powerful telescopes. Even so, astronomers have been able to determine many of the properties of the stars simply by studying the light reaching the Earth.
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Page title:KryssTal : Measuring The Stars
Keywords:astronomy, stars, brightness, magnitude, distance, temperature, mass, density, radius, binaries, eclipsing binaries
Description:How properties of the stars were measured.
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