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apparent magnitude - in the context of astronomy, it refers to the measurement of the brightness of a celestial object as observed from Earth. It quantifies the relative intensity of light emitted by stars or other celestial bodies, with smaller values indicating brighter objects and larger values indicating fainter objects
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  • a numerical measure of the brightness of a star, planet etc.; a decrease of 1 unit represents an increase in the light received by a factor of 2.512

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The apparent magnitude of the star is unknown.
It can be said as the apparent magnitude of star.
The apparent magnitude does not include an extinction correction.
Another logarithmic scale is apparent magnitude.
Point of the apparent magnitude scale is arbitrary.
The apparent brightness of a star is expressed in terms of its apparent magnitude.
From apparent magnitude and parallax.
We called that the apparent magnitude.
The apparent magnitude of stars is measured with a bolometer.
It would have an apparent magnitude.
The apparent magnitude of a star is a measure of its apparent brightness.
The zero point of the apparent magnitude scale is arbitrary.
Apparent magnitude describes the brightness of stars as seen from earth.
Also referred to as apparent magnitude.
The apparent magnitude was brighter than a full moon and all historical star explosions.

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Astronomers distinguish between the apparent magnitude and the absolute magnitude of a star.
We have made a list of the brightest stars in the universe based on their apparent magnitude.
Its brightest stars have an apparent magnitude of around 8.
The apparent magnitude of a star is dependent on two factors,.
These methods take into account the limiting apparent magnitude of the tracer samples.
Apparent magnitude of the star from that distance?
Here's some helpful info on apparent magnitude.
What does apparent magnitude depend upon?
It is not visible to the naked eye with an apparent magnitude of 8.
Often, only apparent magnitude is mentioned since it can be measured directly.
With regard to stars, brightness is quantified as apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude.
Apparent magnitude depends on an object 's intrinsic luminosity and its distance.
Absolute magnitude is the apparent magnitude of a star at 10 parsecs away from us.
The software also calculated the fireball 's instantaneous apparent magnitude at the ground.
Earth 's apparent magnitude can not be predicted as accurately as that of most other planets.
Absolute magnitude can be calculated from apparent magnitude and distance from,.
The apparent magnitude is 8 and absolute magnitude is 4.
Astronomers use two different definitions of magnitude, apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude.
Fireballs reaching apparent magnitude - 14 or brighter are called bolides.
The darkest star visible to the naked eye has an apparent magnitude of approximately 6.
Maximum apparent magnitude was approximately +8.
The dimmer an object appears, the higher the numerical value given to its apparent magnitude.
The asteroid briefly peaked around apparent magnitude 9 and was near the celestial equator.
He made the first measurement of the Sun 's apparent magnitude.
The comet was discovered at apparent magnitude 15 in the southern constellation of Puppis.
Bayer labeled the stars with Greek letters, according to their apparent magnitude.
Measure m, the apparent magnitude.
In addition, it accounts for the Malmquist bias due to selection effects on apparent magnitude.
It had a brightness of apparent magnitude of 15.
It was observed to be an irregular variable star ranging from 12 to 14 in apparent magnitude.
With an apparent magnitude of 7.
Its brightness was estimated at an apparent magnitude of 17.
It was bright, at apparent magnitude 2, and had a short tail about one degree long.
The Tarantula Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8.
With an apparent magnitude of about 5.5, the star can readily be seen under ideal conditions.

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