top | item 33521079 (no title) flebron | 3 years ago pc = Parsec :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParsecI don't know what the G stands for. Possibly luminosity of some kind? discuss order hn newest exhilaration|3 years ago Brightness seems to be measured as apparent magnitude but that's denoted by m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitudeI think G is Stellar Classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Class_G which would mean this new star is the same class as our Sun.
exhilaration|3 years ago Brightness seems to be measured as apparent magnitude but that's denoted by m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitudeI think G is Stellar Classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Class_G which would mean this new star is the same class as our Sun.
exhilaration|3 years ago
I think G is Stellar Classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Class_G which would mean this new star is the same class as our Sun.