Estimating Milky Way Absolute Magnitude

Important: All Logs are base 10 and not the natural log.



1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data

This question is from Foundations of Astrophysics from chapter 19



Suppose the Milky Way consisted of 2.7x10^11 stars, each of solar luminosity M_B=4.7. What...



Estimating Milky Way Absolute Magnitude

Estimating Milky Way Absolute Magnitude