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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • botany, a light curve shows the photosynthetic response of leaf tissue or algal communities to varying light intensities. The shape of the curve illustrates...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • curve Galaxy rotation curve Gompertz curve Growth curve (statistics) Kruithof curve Light curve Logistic curve Paschen curve Robinson–Dadson curves Stress–strain...
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