ExoCTK Limb Darkening Calculator Tool

Space Telescope Science Institute. ExoCTK Limb Darkening Calculator Tool. source.

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https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/display/Latest/ExoCTK%2BLimb%2BDarkening%2BCalculator%2BTool

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• Limb darkening
  • Limb darkening is the decrease in observed specific intensity from the center of a resolved stellar or planetary disk toward its apparent edge, or limb.

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    The source states that stars appear brightest at the disk center and darker toward the limb, supporting the stellar half of the definition but not the planetary disk or 'specific intensity'.

    “At optical and infrared wavelengths, stars usually appear brightest at the disk center and get darker towards the limb. Physically, limb darkening occurs because stellar photospheres get hotter (and hence brighter) with increasing depth.”

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