astronomy, a light curve is a graph of the light intensity of a celestial object or region as a function of time, typically with the magnitude of light received...

the peak of the light curve of SN1987A was provided by the decay of 56Ni to 56Co (half-life 6 days) while energy for the later light curve in particular...

were caused by an opaque, disk-like structure eclipsing the star. The light curve of V1400 Centauri during 2007 showed at least five major dimming events...

luminosity cycle of the supernova. Type Ia supernovae have a characteristic light curve, their graph of luminosity as a function of time after the explosion...

botany, a light curve shows the photosynthetic response of leaf tissue or algal communities to varying light intensities. The shape of the curve illustrates...

curve Galaxy rotation curve Gompertz curve Growth curve (statistics) Kruithof curve Light curve Logistic curve Paschen curve Robinson–Dadson curves Stress–strain...

peak of the light curve of SN1987A was provided by the decay of 56Ni to 56Co (half life of 6 days) while energy for the later light curve in particular...

2024[update], none of them fully explain all aspects of the resulting light curve. It has been suggested that it is an alien megastructure, but evidence...

resulting light curve—a graph of luminosity versus time—following the explosion. Type II-L supernovae show a steady (linear) decline of the light curve following...

light curve, where the object's true rotation period is double the single-peaked period since it spans two peaks and two troughs in its light curve.: 77 ...

The light curves of some events have extremely chaotic and complicated profiles with almost no discernible patterns. Although some light curves can be...

from the distinctive light curve shapes with the rapid increase in brightness and a hump, but some with more symmetrical light curves were known as Geminids...

erratic light fluctuations in the apparent luminosity of the parent star, as may have been responsible for the oddly flickering light curves associated...

Cepheids with longer periods. A Cepheid light curve is typically asymmetric with a rapid rise to maximum light followed by a slower fall to minimum (e...

solar system. This feature raised speculation about its origin. Its light curve, assuming little systematic error, presents its motion as "tumbling"...

continued observing Dinkinesh for four days to measure the asteroid's light curve. During the flyby, the Lucy spacecraft discovered that Dinkinesh has...

Type II-L light curve. Type Ib supernovae usually have slower decline rates for the spectral curves than Ic. Type Ia supernovae light curves are useful...

cannot resolve them individually, so the light curves from each component are combined as a single light curve.: 2  Continuous photometric observations...

The burst had multiple peaks in its light curve and lasted approximately 80 seconds. Peculiarities in the light curve of GRB 970228 suggested that a supernova...

spectrum, it is classified as an M-type asteroid, but is not metallic. A light curve generated from photometric observations of this asteroid at Pulkovo Observatory...

sufficiently precise and extended over a year, allowing the supernova’s light curve to be reconstructed. "On the New Star in the Foot of the Serpent Handler"...

particular supernovae magnitude light curves to a template light curve. This template, as opposed to being several light curves at different wavelengths (MLCS)...

Although its shape has not been directly observed, calculations from its light curve are consistent with it being a Jacobi ellipsoid (the shape it would be...

the observed physical parameters of the light curve will change. The transit depth (δ) of a transiting light curve describes the decrease in the normalized...

observations of this asteroid from multiple observatories during 2007 gave a light curve with a period of 11.8686 ± 0.0004 hours and a brightness variation of...

Varuna, one of the oldest deities mentioned in the Vedic texts. Varuna's light curve is compatible with the body being a Jacobi ellipsoid, suggesting that...

and circular polarization, in addition to the light curve periodicities described below. The light curve of an intermediate polar may show several types...

far-infrared thermal emission and brightness in visible light both vary significantly (visible light curve amplitude 0.12–0.16 magnitudes) as Quaoar rotates...

variability also occur, in particular changes in the spectrum. By combining light curve data with observed spectral changes, astronomers are often able to explain...

This function of brightness versus time is known as a light curve. A typical microlensing light curve is shown below: A typical microlensing event like this...