A luminosity function is a plot of the:
A) luminosity of stars in a given volume as a function of their distance from us.
B) number of stars in a given volume as a function of their distance from us.
C) number of stars in a given volume as a function of their luminosity.
D) parallax angles of stars in a given volume as a function of their luminosity.
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