jansky
Sign in to saveThe jansky (symbol Jy, plural janskys) is a non-SI unit of spectral flux density, or spectral irradiance, used especially in radio astronomy. It is equivalent to 10−26 watts per square metre per hertz.
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- Unit.name
- jansky
- Unit.standard
- non-SI metric unit
- Unit.quantity
- spectral flux density
- Unit.symbol
- Jy
- Unit.namedafter
- Karl Guthe Jansky
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- CGS units
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- unit symbol
- Jy
- conversion to SI unit
- 0.00000000000000000000000001
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- dBW·m<sup>−2</sup>·Hz<sup>−1</sup>
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The jansky (symbol Jy, plural janskys) is a non-SI unit of spectral flux density, or spectral irradiance, used especially in radio astronomy. It is equivalent to 10−26 watts per square metre per hertz.
The spectral flux density or monochromatic flux, , of a source is the integral of the spectral radiance, , over the source solid angle: S = \iint\limits_\text{source} B(\theta,\phi) \,\mathrm{d}\Omega.
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