PHOTOMETRY
Photometry
Photometry is a technique of astronomy concerned with measuring the flux, or intensity of an astronomical object's electromagnetic radiation. Usually, photometry refers to measurement over large wavelength bands of radiation; when not only the amount of radiation but also its spectral distribution are measured the term spectrophotometry is used.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Photometry (astronomy)
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photometry
Noun
- the measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity
- the measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars
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