Concept information
Preferred term
color-magnitude diagram
Definition
- A color-magnitude diagram, also known as a color-luminosity diagram, is a plot of color index against absolute magnitude for a group of stars; For stars intrinsically fainter than the Sun, it defines the main sequence of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. (Encyclopedia of Science, by David Darling, https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/color-magnitude_diagram.html)
Broader concept
Entry terms
- C-M diagram
- color-magnitude effect
- color-magnitude relation
- colour-magnitude diagram
- colour-magnitude effect
- colour-magnitude relation
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-CFWB4C0D-B
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