Visit the section of the textbook on the Production of Light again
Visit the section of the textbook on the Production of Light again
and read about the Stefan-Boltzmann Law and luminosity. Using the Stefan-Boltzmann Law, best written as L = 4*pi*R*sigma*T^4, calculate a star’s temperature if its luminosity is 4 x 1026 watts and its radius is 7 x 108 m. Is the result familiar to you?