<p>To measure the surface temperature of a star it is used is it's <strong>black body spectrum</strong>. You would have to get the light curve of the light from tat star and then by checking it's peak you could guess its temperature.</p>

<p>I really don't know which instruments to use to get the light curve from a distant star but you could use a tool like this one for the final conversion: <a href="http://astro.unl.edu/naap/blackbody/animations/blackbody.html" rel="nofollow">http://astro.unl.edu/naap/blackbody/animations/blackbody.html</a></p>

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Joan.bdm
<p>As part of small project i want to measure temperature of the distant star on basis of optical observations. so by what exact method i can do it? which instruments will be necessary? what is the precision of the experiment?</p>

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# how to measure temperature of the distant star

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-10)

As part of small project i want to measure temperature of the distant star on basis of optical observations. so by what exact method i can do it? which instruments will be necessary? what is the precision of the experiment?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-07-10. Score: 1

To measure the surface temperature of a star it is used is it's **black body spectrum**. You would have to get the light curve of the light from tat star and then by checking it's peak you could guess its temperature.

I really don't know which instruments to use to get the light curve from a distant star but you could use a tool like this one for the final conversion: <http://astro.unl.edu/naap/blackbody/animations/blackbody.html>


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