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[–] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The intensity does depend on the emissivity of the material, and emissivity is a bit counterintuitive:

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/emissivity-coefficients-d_447.html

But less than you’d think, given the extreme coefficient, as human perception of brightness is nonlinear. An object twice as bright as another looks pretty similar to the eye.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Thanks for the correction. I'm absolutely not gonna pretend I fully understand this, but isn't it still the case that anything glowing red from heat pretty much has to be over 500°C? I.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper_point ?

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