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The purpose of this SDSS project is to introduce students to the color classification system and its importance to astronomy. A complete review is done on the magnitude scale and how it leads to colors. Then a link is made between the light recieved by telescopes and the temperature of the source. Finally, color-color diagrams are introduced as a tool to verify if a star is a perfect thermal source, since radiation curves can be deceiving.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=4897">Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Color - Basic. Seattle: Sloan Digital Sky Survey, February 21, 2007.</a>
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Color - Basic. (2007, February 21). Retrieved December 10, 2024, from Sloan Digital Sky Survey: http://cas.sdss.org/dr5/en/proj/basic/color/
Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Color - Basic. Seattle: Sloan Digital Sky Survey, February 21, 2007. http://cas.sdss.org/dr5/en/proj/basic/color/ (accessed 10 December 2024).
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Title = {Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Color - Basic},
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