Photometry (astronomy)

Photometry - the determination of light intensities of astronomical bodies, including stars. Article “Photometry (astronomy)” in English Wikipedia has 68.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 65 references and 15 sections.

This article has the best quality in Malay Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Photometry (astronomy)”, its content was written by 80 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 348 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1689 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4168 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #3601 in April 2003
• Global: #7025 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #152394 in December 2010
• Global: #199396 in December 2010

There are 37 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Malay (ms) Fotometri (astronomi)		89.2504
2	English (en) Photometry (astronomy)		68.9431
3	Thai (th) การวัดแสง (ดาราศาสตร์)		44.5088
4	Basque (eu) Fotometria		43.4163
5	Catalan (ca) Fotometria		42.2956
6	Estonian (et) Fotomeetria (astronoomia)		41.7107
7	Spanish (es) Fotometría		39.4749
8	Chinese (zh) 光度测定 (天文学)		32.399
9	Serbian (sr) Fotometrija (astronomija)		32.2818
10	Japanese (ja) 測光 (天文)		31.2171

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Photometry (astronomy)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Photometry (astronomy)		418 466
2	Spanish (es) Fotometría		259 613
3	French (fr) Photométrie (astronomie)		30 777
4	Russian (ru) Фотометрия (астрономия)		25 839
5	Greek (el) Φωτομετρία		10 241
6	Hungarian (hu) Fotometria a csillagászatban		9 356
7	Polish (pl) Fotometria (astronomia)		8 966
8	Japanese (ja) 測光 (天文)		8 939
9	Turkish (tr) Fotometri (astronomi)		7 984
10	Chinese (zh) 光度测定 (天文学)		7 855

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Photometry (astronomy)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Photometry (astronomy)		786
2	Spanish (es) Fotometría		115
3	Chinese (zh) 光度测定 (天文学)		105
4	French (fr) Photométrie (astronomie)		68
5	Japanese (ja) 測光 (天文)		54
6	Hungarian (hu) Fotometria a csillagászatban		50
7	Polish (pl) Fotometria (astronomia)		36
8	Russian (ru) Фотометрия (астрономия)		28
9	Italian (it) Fotometria (astronomia)		26
10	Dutch (nl) Fotometrie (astronomie)		26

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Photometry (astronomy)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Photometry (astronomy)		80
2	Spanish (es) Fotometría		30
3	Italian (it) Fotometria (astronomia)		24
4	Hungarian (hu) Fotometria a csillagászatban		23
5	French (fr) Photométrie (astronomie)		19
6	Catalan (ca) Fotometria		13
7	Russian (ru) Фотометрия (астрономия)		12
8	Arabic (ar) قياس ضوئي فلكي		11
9	Dutch (nl) Fotometrie (astronomie)		11
10	Polish (pl) Fotometria (astronomia)		11

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Photometry (astronomy)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Fotometria		1
2	Greek (el) Φωτομετρία		1
3	Basque (eu) Fotometria		1
4	Chinese (zh) 光度测定 (天文学)		1
5	Arabic (ar) قياس ضوئي فلكي		0
6	Azerbaijani (az) Fotometriya (astronomiya)		0
7	German (de) Astrofotometrie		0
8	English (en) Photometry (astronomy)		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Fotometrio (astronomio)		0
10	Spanish (es) Fotometría		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Photometry (astronomy)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Photometry (astronomy)		1 689
2	French (fr) Photométrie (astronomie)		312
3	Japanese (ja) 測光 (天文)		244
4	Esperanto (eo) Fotometrio (astronomio)		194
5	Italian (it) Fotometria (astronomia)		183
6	Spanish (es) Fotometría		173
7	Arabic (ar) قياس ضوئي فلكي		160
8	Turkish (tr) Fotometri (astronomi)		153
9	Portuguese (pt) Fotometria (astronomia)		143
10	Ukrainian (uk) Фотометрія (астрономія)		138

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قياس ضوئي فلكي
az	Azerbaijani Fotometriya (astronomiya)
ca	Catalan Fotometria
de	German Astrofotometrie
el	Greek Φωτομετρία
en	English Photometry (astronomy)
eo	Esperanto Fotometrio (astronomio)
es	Spanish Fotometría
et	Estonian Fotomeetria (astronoomia)
eu	Basque Fotometria
fa	Persian نورسنجی (اخترشناسی)
fi	Finnish Fotometria (tähtitiede)
fr	French Photométrie (astronomie)
gl	Galician Fotometría (astronomía)
hi	Hindi प्रकाशमिति (खगोलिकी)
hu	Hungarian Fotometria a csillagászatban
it	Italian Fotometria (astronomia)
ja	Japanese 測光 (天文)
ko	Korean 측광학 (천문학)
lt	Lithuanian Astrofotometrija
ms	Malay Fotometri (astronomi)
nl	Dutch Fotometrie (astronomie)
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Astrofotometri
no	Norwegian Fotometri (astronomi)
pl	Polish Fotometria (astronomia)
pt	Portuguese Fotometria (astronomia)
ro	Romanian Fotometrie (astronomie)
ru	Russian Фотометрия (астрономия)
simple	Simple English Photometry (astronomy)
sk	Slovak Fotometria (astronómia)
sr	Serbian Fotometrija (astronomija)
th	Thai การวัดแสง (ดาราศาสตร์)
tr	Turkish Fotometri (astronomi)
uk	Ukrainian Фотометрія (астрономія)
uz	Uzbek Astrofotometriya
vi	Vietnamese Phép đo sáng (thiên văn học)
zh	Chinese 光度测定 (天文学)

Best Rank

English: #152394 12.2010

Global: #199396 12.2010

Best Rank

English: #3601 04.2003

Global: #7025 04.2003

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