Apparent magnitude
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title:
Apparent magnitude
text:
Apparent magnitude (m) is a measure of the brightness of a star, astronomical object or other celestial objects like artificial satellites. Its value depends on its intrinsic luminosity, its distance, and any extinction of the object's light caused by interstellar dust along the line of sight to the observer. Unless stated otherwise, the word magnitude in astronomy usually refers to a celestial object's apparent magnitude. The magnitude scale likely dates to before the ancient Roman astronomer C
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Brightness of a celestial object observed from the Earth
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude
date created:
2001-10-02T23:32:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T13:07:07Z
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13
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