-ACTIVITY HOW DOES LOCATION AFFECT THE BRIGHTNESS OF STARS? factors that affect apparent brightness (such as stellar masses age stage) ]
Brightness variations of Sun-like stars are driven by many factors including granulation12 oscillations11 rotation and magnetic activity13
How bright a star looks to us is determined by its flux not its luminosity Brightness = Flux Page 6 Flux and luminosity • Flux decreases as
22 sept 2015 · 2 5 factors of brightness ? ? We can compare the brightness (flux) of stars 1 and 2 by forming a ratio and calculate magnitude difference
number of stars or distance from Earth? • What data would you need to get to show how each of these factors affect the brightness from Earth?
of stars Assessment does not include other factors that affect apparent brightness (such as stellar masses age stage) ] The performance expectation above
But a plot of Luminosity vs color (or spectral type the 19th century we can determine the sizes of stars • Stephan's Law same factor
sky and reducing the contrast to a point where stars are lost in urban the brightness of the faintest star one only factor affecting an LM meas-