Color Magnitude Diagram B-V at Color

Color Magnitude Diagram B-V. What is a color magnitude diagram? Compare this with the one you have plotted for the pleiades.

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The most common measure of reddening is the color excess eb−v = ab − av = (b − v)− (b − v)0, (1). But, note that the ux (or magnitude) that we measure depends on the lter used. In the optical we may use the u, b, and v lters.

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For comparison, the yellowish sun has a b−v index of 0.656 ± 0.005, whereas the bluish rigel has a b−v of −0.03 (its b magnitude is 0.09 and its v magnitude is 0.12, b−v = −0.03). We can ask what causes the relationship we see between luminosity and temperature. The difference is that gas between earth and the star has scattered and absorbed some of the star’s light. The scale to use is the top one.