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First astronomers identify some type of star with a predictable brightness—a standard candle—that is close enough in our galaxy to directly measure its distance, for example from its apparent motion as Earth orbits the Sun.
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Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 13 Aug. 2024
To go farther, astronomers need a brighter standard candle.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 13 Aug. 2024
For several years Perlmutter’s SCP collaboration had been banking on type Ia supernovae being standard candles.
—Richard Panek, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
For several years Perlmutter's SCP collaboration had been banking on type Ia supernovae being standard candles.
—Richard Panek, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
For the local universe, most rely on various standard candles—certain types of supernovae and other astrophysical objects that possess a known, scarcely varying intrinsic brightness, allowing their distances and motions with respect to us to be more easily ascertained.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
For an object to serve as a standard candle, astronomers must know its inherent brightness, or luminosity.
—Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 8 Feb. 2023
Wendy Freedman, an astronomer at the University of Chicago, uses a certain class of red giant stars as her preferred standard candle.
—Daniel Leonard, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2022
Next, the Cepheids are used to calibrate the distances to Type Ia supernovas — even brighter (though rarer) standard candles that can be seen in faraway galaxies.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Oct. 2017
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Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 13 Aug. 2024
To go farther, astronomers need a brighter standard candle.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 13 Aug. 2024
For several years Perlmutter’s SCP collaboration had been banking on type Ia supernovae being standard candles.
—Richard Panek, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
For several years Perlmutter's SCP collaboration had been banking on type Ia supernovae being standard candles.
—Richard Panek, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
For the local universe, most rely on various standard candles—certain types of supernovae and other astrophysical objects that possess a known, scarcely varying intrinsic brightness, allowing their distances and motions with respect to us to be more easily ascertained.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
For an object to serve as a standard candle, astronomers must know its inherent brightness, or luminosity.
—Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 8 Feb. 2023
Wendy Freedman, an astronomer at the University of Chicago, uses a certain class of red giant stars as her preferred standard candle.
—Daniel Leonard, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2022
Next, the Cepheids are used to calibrate the distances to Type Ia supernovas — even brighter (though rarer) standard candles that can be seen in faraway galaxies.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Oct. 2017
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“Standard candle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standard%20candle. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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