A star whose ratio of visual and blue apparent brightnesses is bV/bB = 5 (see Figure 17-9(in the text) ) has a surface temperature of about:
A) 12,000 K.
B) It is not possible to determine the star's temperature with this information alone, because the value of either bV or bB is also needed.
C) 6000 K.
D) 3600 K.
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