The black body plays a central role in stellar atmospheres in describing the radiation field within the photosphere.The equation describing the photon distribution is Planck's law.Because the characteristics of black-body radiation are completely determined by the temperature of the black body, it forms a fundamental radiation standard, used to calibrate absolute radiant energy received from stars.
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