Splitting hairs, if you shine a beam of colored light to a friend above in a high tower, will the color of light your friend receives be the same color you send? Explain.
Note taker: Sera ASTR 1346 Light and Energy (Part 2) Temperature and Luminosity Temperature influences light output enormously ℎ 4 o = ( ) 7000 K star vs. 5800 K star o (Porrima vs. Sun) 70004 o L = 5800 = 2.12x 20% increase in temperature = 212% light increase The Blackbody Curve Typical star radiation curves o More photons per square meter o Higher energy photons Hotter Continuum The hotter star puts out more light of every color Its dominant color also shifts towards blue How Many Photons The s