On the zero point constant of the bolometric correction scale

Arbitrariness attributed to the zero point constant of the $V$ band bolometric corrections ($BC_V$) and its relation to "bolometric magnitude of a star ought to be brighter than its visual magnitude" and "bolometric corrections must always be negative" was investigated. The falsehood of the second assertion became noticeable to us after IAU 2015 General Assembly Resolution B2, where the zero point constant of bolometric magnitude scale was decided to have a definite value $C_{Bol}(W)= 71.197~425~...$~. Since the zero point constant of the $BC_V$ scale could be written as $C_2=C_{Bol}-C_V$, where $C_V$ is the zero point constant of the visual magnitudes in the basic definition $BC_V=M_{Bol}-M_V=m_{bol}-m_V$, and $C_{Bol}>C_V$, the zero point constant ($C_2$) of the $BC_V$ scale cannot be arbitrary anymore; rather, it must be a definite positive number obtained from the two definite positive numbers. The two conditions $C_2>0$ and $0

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• Resolution (algebra)
• Apparent magnitude
• Zero-point energy
• Bolometric correction
• Physics
• constant
• Mathematical physics
• Scale (descriptive set theory)
• Magnitude (astronomy)

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