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intrinsic luminosity
subject			fact

intrinsic luminosity	has definition The amount of light an object actually emits, as opposed to how bright the object looks from Earth. An apparently bright star can be intrinsically bright and far away or intrinsically faint and nearby.
	has definition The energy per second emitted by an astronomical object, analogous to the wattage of a light bulb.
	is a kind of luminosity
radiation measurement	has unit radiation unit
number	has value