Concept information
Preferred term
Photometry
Definition
- In astronomy, the measurement of the light of astronomical objects, generally in the visible or infrared bands, in which a wavelength band is normally specified. (en)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- CCD photometry (en)
- Galaxy photometry (en)
- Light curves (en)
- Photoelectric photometry (en)
- Photographic photometry (en)
- Photometric standard stars (en)
- Photometric systems (en)
- Spectral energy distribution (en)
- Spectrophotometry (en)
- Stellar photometry (en)
- Surface photometry (en)
- Transit photometry (en)
- Two-color diagrams (en)
- Waveband photometry (en)
Editorial note
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1234
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