•Chapter
8: The Properties of Stars
–Distances to Stars
•Parallax and Parsecs
•Spectroscopic Parallax
–Intrinsic Brightness: Luminosity
•Absolute Magnitude
–Luminosity, Radius, and Temperature
–Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram
–Luminosity Classes (e.g., Main Sequence, giant)
–Masses of Stars
•Binary Stars and Kepler’s Law
•Mass-Luminosity Relationship
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