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Question 2 Basic Stellar Properties: Altair is 5.13 pc away and has mV = 0.76, and mB = 0.98. Please calculate the following properties for Altair. Remember, show all your work.
(a) Surface temperature.
(b) Peak wavelength of Altair’s blackbody spectrum. Follow-up, what color does the star appear in the sky?
(c ) The bolometric correction for a normal star at this temperature is -0.20. Please find Altair’s absolute bolometric magnitude and its luminosity, in units of solar luminosities?
(d) The Mass, in solar masses.
(e) The radius, in units of solar radii?