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Photometry | what is photometry | simple explanation

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Teach Astronomy - Photometry

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Astronomy - Ch. 17: The Nature of Stars (20 of 37) UBV Photometry: Graphically

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How does Mass Photometry work?

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FUJIFILM Glossary Series: Photometry & Metering

Photometry is a technique of astronomy concerned with measuring the flux, or intensity of an astronomical object's electromagnetic radiation. When photometry is performed over broad wavelength bands of radiation, where not only the amount of radiation but also its spectral distribution is measured, the term spectrophotometry is used.
    • Methods 

    • Magnitudes and colour indices 

    • Applications 

    • CCD photometry 

    • Software