brightness

Example Sentences

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The Moon which will be almost at peak brightness, will also be in the sky, appearing very close to Jupiter making for striking viewing.

From BBC

By modeling subtle changes in the planet's brightness as it moves, researchers determined that intense gravitational forces from the much heavier pulsar are stretching the planet into its lemon-like shape.

From Science Daily

Measurements show that this distant supernova closely matches the brightness and spectral features of SN 1998bw, a well known supernova linked to a gamma ray burst that exploded much closer to Earth.

From Science Daily

My first impression was sunlight, a brightness that contrasted with the shade we stood in.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead of treating these stellar explosions as having one standard brightness, they adjusted for the ages of the galaxies they came from and worked out how bright the supernovas really were.

From BBC