Luminosity of star from absolute magnitude¶

The luminosity of a star can be calculated from the absolute magnitude of the star.

Notation:

\(L_0\) (L_0) is zero_point_luminosity.

Links:

Wikipedia, last formula in paragraph.

luminosity¶: luminosity of the star.

Symbol:: L
Latex:: \(L\)
Dimension:: power

absolute_magnitude¶: absolute_magnitude of the star.

Symbol:: M
Latex:: \(M\)
Dimension:: dimensionless

law¶

log(L / L_0, 10) = -0.4 * M

Latex:: \[\log_{10} \left( \frac{L}{L_0} \right) = - 0.4 M\]