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In this section we discuss the determination of the most important properties or state variables of a star: radius, temperature, mass, density, gravitational acceleration, chemical composition, magnetic field as well as rotation. First, we briefly review the trigonometric distance determination.
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Because of light pollution in big cities you can only see stars up to about 3rd magnitude.
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Corresponds to the resolving power of a telescope.
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Hanslmeier, A. (2023). State Variables of Stars. In: Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64637-3_8
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