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stuffy
Nov3-04, 06:03 PM
If we know the bolometric flux, spectral type, and effective temperature of a given star, how can we derive the angular resolution from the information?

This was brought up in class and I've found myself obsessing since I can't figure it out.

meteor
Nov4-04, 06:39 PM
I've found formula (3) of this page that gives the limb-darkened diameter of a star given its bolometric flux and effective temperature
http://aa.springer.de/papers/8331002/2300619/sc5.htm
Perhaps you know some formula relating the angular resolution with the limb-darkened diameter...

turbo
Nov4-04, 06:41 PM
If we know the bolometric flux, spectral type, and effective temperature of a given star, how can we derive the angular resolution from the information?

This was brought up in class and I've found myself obsessing since I can't figure it out.How about using lunar occultations? Here's a link.

www.eso.org/~arichich/ publications/2001a_a...380..526.pdf