photometric parallax

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photometric parallax [¦fōd·ə¦me·trik ′par·ə‚laks]

(astronomy)

The annual parallax of a star too far away for its parallax to be measured directly, as calculated from its apparent magnitude and its absolute magnitude inferred from its spectral type.

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