Open Physics Sims
Blackbody radiation and the colors of stars
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The spectrum
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Measuring a star
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Size from light
How to use it ↓
Keep this curve
Clear the kept curve
Temperature
Set it to
Wavelengths shown
0–2 µm
0–10 µm
0–40 µm
Star
Look through
no filter
B (blue)
V (yellow-green)
Star A
Star B: temperature
Star B: radius