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Errors in Spectroscopic Parallax

Given a star's spectral type, luminosity class, and apparent magnitude, the student is asked to determine what kind of change in the measured distance would occur if it was discovered that the star was really of a different spectral type, luminosity class, or apparent magnitude.

keywords: spectral type, luminosity class, apparent magnitude, distance

swf file: ca_stellarprops2_spectroparallax.swf