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Light—electromagnetic radiation—is the messenger that brings us information from the stars. We can think of many interesting things we might want to know about a star—mass, size, chemical composition, brightness, temperature, distribution of matter (density), color, age, and energy production are some that come to mind. These characteristics are interrelated and all must be extracted from the light we get from the star.
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Seaborn, J.B. (1998). The Starry Messenger. In: Understanding the Universe. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0689-7_16
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