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Spectral Class 1
Spectral Class 2
 
 

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Apparent Magnitude

The change in apparent magnitude of a star, according to its spectral class and doppler factor D.

Note that an increase in brightness corresponds to a decrease in stellar magnitude.

Here, each spectral class is mapped internally to a representative absolute temperature in degress Kelvin.

In general: