photometry
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- noun
- /fəˈtɑːmətri/
- Specialized
:
fotometría
- Pickering was always eager to make use of the relatively new astrophysical techniques, including photography, spectroscopy, and photometry.
- photoelectric photometry
- accurate photometry
- photometry and spectroscopy
Examples
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Researchers use photometry to analyze light from celestial objects and determine their properties.
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All of these astrometry activities are only supplements to our most important and interesting program—photometry of near-Earth asteroids.
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But the field was much too crowded for accurate photometry.
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The other observing programs included both imaging and photometry.
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In the last 10 years, we have worked in the field of photoelectric photometry of Be and shell stars.
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Photoelectric photometry measures the color of stars by sending starlight through a standardized set of color filters.
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His first visual study, the 1884 Harvard Photometry, gave magnitudes of 4,260 stars brighter than sixth magnitude.
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Currently, the Ondrejov team led by Petr Pravec is among the most reputable teams involved in near-Earth asteroid photometry and astrometry.
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The new telescope allows us to conduct precise photometry of distant stars and galaxies.
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In our astronomy class, we learned how to perform photometry to measure the brightness of stars.
Synonyms
Measuring the amount and brightness of light
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
photometry = photo + metr + y
The meaning is built from the scientific combining form photo- and the measurement root metr-, but the technical morphology is not fully transparent to average learners.
Etymology
Photometry comes from Greek parts photo- 'light' and -metry 'measure', where photo- is the same start as photo or photograph and -metry is like in thermometer or a water meter. So photometry literally means 'measuring light', which is why it is the science of measuring the brightness and amount of light.