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  2. Luminosity function (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    Luminosity functions are used to study the properties of large groups or classes of objects, such as the stars in clusters or the galaxies in the Local Group. Note that the term "function" is slightly misleading, and the luminosity function might better be described as a luminosity distribution. Given a luminosity as input, the luminosity ...

  3. Luminous efficiency function - Wikipedia

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    The CIE distributes standard tables with luminosity function values at 5 nm intervals from 380 nm to 780 nm. [cie 1] The standard luminous efficiency function is normalized to a peak value of unity at 555 nm (see luminous coefficient). The value of the constant in front of the integral is usually rounded off to 683 lm/W. The small excess ...

  4. Luminosity - Wikipedia

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    Luminosity is an absolute measure of radiated electromagnetic energy per unit time, and is synonymous with the radiant power emitted by a light-emitting object. [1] [2] In astronomy, luminosity is the total amount of electromagnetic energy emitted per unit of time by a star, galaxy, or other astronomical objects. [3] [4]

  5. Cosmic distance ladder - Wikipedia

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    Planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF) Globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF) Surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) In galactic astronomy, X-ray bursts (thermonuclear flashes on the surface of a neutron star) are used as standard candles. Observations of X-ray burst sometimes show X-ray spectra indicating radius expansion.

  6. File:Comparison between CIE luminosity function and M cone ...

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    English: Comparison between CIE 1931 photopic luminosity function and a typical normalized M cone response. Useful for explaining the Y tristimulus value in the CIE 1931 color space article. Date

  7. Luminous intensity - Wikipedia

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    In photometry, luminous intensity is a measure of the wavelength-weighted power emitted by a light source in a particular direction per unit solid angle, based on the luminosity function, a standardized model of the sensitivity of the human eye. The SI unit of luminous intensity is the candela (cd), an SI base unit.

  8. Malmquist bias - Wikipedia

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    The dashed red line is an example luminosity function when the Malmquist bias is not corrected for. The more numerous low luminosity objects are underrepresented because of the apparent magnitude limit of the survey. The solid blue line is the properly corrected luminosity function using the volume-weighted correction method.

  9. Luminosity function - Wikipedia

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