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The 16 pages that link to Distance modulus, each with the reason it gives.

• Cosmic distance ladderRelated: It converts calibrated luminosities and observed brightnesses into distance estimates.

• Apparent magnitudeRelated: It expresses how distance changes the observed magnitude when extinction is accounted for.

• Interstellar extinctionRelated: Uncorrected extinction makes a star appear farther away than its true distance implies.

• Standard candleRelated: It turns the magnitude difference into a distance estimate.

• Absolute magnitudeRelated: It converts measured apparent magnitude into absolute magnitude when distance is known.

• Color–magnitude diagramRelated: It converts observed magnitudes into intrinsic brightness for a cluster diagram.

• Henrietta Swan LeavittRelated: Once a Cepheid’s intrinsic brightness is known, comparison with its apparent brightness yields distance.

• Tully–Fisher relationRelated: Comparing predicted and observed luminosity gives the distance modulus.

• ParsecRelated: Parsec distances convert directly into the distance modulus used in astronomy.

• Luminosity distanceRelated: It is an observational magnitude form of the luminosity-distance relation.

• Tip of the red giant branchRelated: Comparing the tip's apparent and calibrated absolute magnitude yields a distance modulus.

• Type II CepheidRelated: Comparing observed brightness with inferred luminosity yields a Type II Cepheid's distance modulus.

• Planetary nebula luminosity functionRelated: Comparing observed and calibrated cutoff magnitudes yields a galaxy's distance modulus.

• UBV photometric systemRelated: UBV magnitudes can contribute to distance estimates when intrinsic stellar brightness is known.

• SN 1972ERelated: Calibrating SN 1972E's intrinsic brightness makes its observed brightness a distance measure.