Concept information
Preferred term
color index
Definition(s)
- Color index is the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star at two different wavelengths (always the shorter-wavelength magnitude minus the longer-wavelength magnitude) to give a quantification of the star's color. (Encyclopedia of Science, by David Darling, https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/color_index.html)
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- color indices
- colour index
- colour indices
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-NW2WMSTX-J
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