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Extragalactic astronomy

a distance method that measures the pixel-to-pixel variance of a galaxy image, which shrinks with distance because more stars fall in each pixel.

In extragalactic astronomy, surface brightness fluctuation method refers to a distance method that measures the pixel-to-pixel variance of a galaxy image, which shrinks with distance because more stars fall in each pixel. This meaning comes from Tonry (1988) in The Astronomical Journal.[1]

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Tonry, J., & Schneider, D. P. (1988). A new technique for measuring extragalactic distances. The Astronomical Journal, 96, 807. https://doi.org/10.1086/114847

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