Science - Physics - Formulas
This section introduces some of the basic tools used by Astronomers to gather data. These will be in the form of mathematical equations used to solve things like: y y y y Distance Magnitude Luminosity and so forth
Some of the equations will use physical constants - like "c" for the speed of light. For more information, visit the Constants page. Reference material and examples for this section is from: Freedman, Roger and William Kaufman. Universe. 7th Edition. W.H. Freeman and Company. New York, 2002.