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color index  

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  • Color index is the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star at two different wavelengths (always the shorter-wavelength magnitude minus the longer-wavelength magnitude) to give a quantification of the star's color. (Encyclopedia of Science, by David Darling, https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/color_index.html)

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  • color indices
  • colour index
  • colour indices

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