brightness: Brightness of 966 stars
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Brightness of 966 stars
Description
The Hipparcos Catalogue has information on over 100,000 stars. Listed
in this dataset are brightness measurements for 966 stars from a given
sector of the sky.
Usage
data(brightness)
Format
A univariate dataset of 966 numbers.
Details
This is field H5 in the catalog measuring the magnitude, V , in the
Johnson UBV photometric system. The smaller numbers are for brighter stars.
Source
http://astro.estec.esa.nl/hipparcos
Examples
data(brightness)
hist(brightness)
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Brightness of 966 stars
Description
The Hipparcos Catalogue has information on over 100,000 stars. Listed in this dataset are brightness measurements for 966 stars from a given sector of the sky.
Usage
data(brightness)
Format
A univariate dataset of 966 numbers.
Details
This is field H5 in the catalog measuring the magnitude, V , in the Johnson UBV photometric system. The smaller numbers are for brighter stars.
Source
http://astro.estec.esa.nl/hipparcos
Examples
data(brightness) hist(brightness)
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