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Surface brightness (Astronomy)

LC control no.sh 00000211
LC classificationQB857.5.S87 Galaxies
Topical headingSurface brightness (Astronomy)
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See alsoAstronomical photometry
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Found inWork cat.: 99062757: The low surface brightness universe, 1999.
Dict. astron. (surface brightness: the brightness of an extended astronomical object, such as a planet, nebula, galaxy, or the sky background, expressed in magnitudes per unit area, i.e. dividing the object's magnitude by its dimensions)
Gloss. astron. astrophys. (surface brightness)