Friday, June 27, 2014

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Spectral 'ruler' is first standardized way to measure stars

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:21 AM PDT

A team of astronomers has created the first standardized set of measurement guidelines for analyzing and cataloging stars. Previously, as with the longitude problem 300 years earlier for fixing locations on Earth, there was no unified system of reference for calibrating the heavens.

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