This is a matter of great usefulness because type Ia supernovas at maximum light are the most luminous "standard candles" available for determining distances to external galaxies and thus can be observed in more distant galaxies than any other kind of standard candle.
The Virgin Mary's reading is spiritual, as pure and luminous as that candle.
Most new eating places (especially those in a sun and surf locale like Long Beach) are open, light and airy, but the striking Josie's looks more like Hernando's Hideaway, with its cave-like black ceiling and walls, flickering candles and luminous 20th-century celebrity paintings.
It gives good glow, but application is patchy, the finish a little ashy and it cannot hold a candle to the magnificent Luminous Silk Foundation from the same range (this is one of the all-time greats).
This unit of luminous intensity is also called the standard candle, or candela, one lumen per steradian.
Last week the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of 31,000 candles from Yankee Candle's "Luminous Collection".
Brightness is provided in the form of candles, torches and that most luminous entity of all, Mr. Langella's More.
Families decorate their homes and neighborhoods with candles and lights, and set off luminous firework displays to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season.
The candela has replaced the standard candle or lamp as a unit of luminous intensity in calculations involving artificial lighting and is sometimes called the "new candle".
Fernando is drawn to visit the city's churches, where he lights candles and kneels, fixing his gaze on luminous stained glass and statuary images of the Virgin Mary and of Jesus.
