standard candle

collocation in English

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standard
adjective
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/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
usual rather than special, especially when thought of as being correct ...
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candle
noun[C]
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/ˈkæn.dəl/us
/ˈkæn.dəl/
a stick-shaped piece of wax with a wick (= piece of string) in the middle of it that produces light as it ...
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(Definition ofstandardandcandlefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Older elliptical galaxies have fairly consistent stellar populations, thus the typical fluctuation star closely approximates astandardcandle.
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Several methods rely on astandardcandle, which is an astronomical object that has a known luminosity.
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In astronomical parlance this distance measurement is known as a secondarystandardcandle.
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The second lies in recognizing members of the class, and not mistakenly using thestandardcandlecalibration upon an object which does not belong to the class.
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These were typically based on the brightness of the flame from astandardcandleof defined composition, or the brightness of an incandescent filament of specific design.
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Usually, astronomers use standard candles: objects for which the intrinsic brightness, the absolute magnitude, is known.
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These are a class of short-period (six hours at most) pulsating stars that have been used as standard candles and as subjects to study astroseismology.
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Supernovae are useful for cosmology because they are excellent standard candles across cosmological distances.
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This makes them very useful as standard candles.
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This homogeneity with the large brightness makes them one of the best standard candles to determine their distance.
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In the 1960s, astronomers found that the maximum intensities of supernova explosions could be used as standard candles, hence indicators of astronomical distances.
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The candle power of the 6 wick burners gives and average service result per burner of 730 standard candles with 6 wicks in action.
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These objects of known brightness are termed standard candles.
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Thus, this relation does not employ standard candles.
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Most scientific interest in supernovaeas standard candles for measuring distance, for examplerequire an observation of their peak luminosity.
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Gamma-ray bursts, which generally emit roughly the same amount of energy, had previously been treated as standard candles.
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The relation is measured and calibrated using primary standard candles.
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This makes it feasible to use them to directly measure the distances to external galaxies, a process that is more accurate than using standard candles.
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This would therefore make them potential standard candles for determining extragalactic distances.
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Baum used just a single globular cluster, but individual formations are often poor standard candles.
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