Apparent magnitude

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61Photometry / Lighting / Astrophysics / Cosmic distance ladder / Physical cosmology / Apparent magnitude / Luminosity / Star / Variable star / Physics / Astronomy / Observational astronomy

The Inverse Square Law of Light The relationship between distance and brightness, and how astronomers measure distances to far away objects Image Credit: Splung.com

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Source URL: www.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-04-30 20:30:30
62Light pollution / Astronomy / Measurement / Visibility / Apparent magnitude / Bortle Dark-Sky Scale / Sky brightness / Morehead State University / Night sky / Observational astronomy / Lighting / Light

132 Birriel et al.,  JAAVSO Volume 38, 2010 Documenting Local Night Sky Brightness Using Sky Quality Meters: An Interdisciplinary College Capstone Project and a

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Source URL: www.aavso.org

Language: English - Date: 2010-09-27 11:30:25
63Cosmic Background Explorer / Absolute magnitude / Apparent magnitude / Star / Order of magnitude / Magnitude / Observational astronomy / Astronomy / Space

Kathryn Mummah What you need to know astronomically What happened

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Source URL: quarknet.fnal.gov

Language: English - Date: 2012-08-07 20:40:38
64Universe / Variable stars / Observational astronomy / Star types / SS Cygni / Apparent magnitude / Star / Magnitude / American Association of Variable Star Observers / Astronomy / Cygnus constellation / Space

Chandra X-Ray Observatory Variable Stars Stars appear to shine with a constant light; however, thousands of stars vary in brightness. The brightness that a star appears to have (apparent magnitude) from our perspective

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-04-07 11:06:46
65Ceres / Observational astronomy / 4 Vesta / Asteroid / Space telescopes / Hubble Space Telescope / 2 Pallas / Magnitude / Apparent magnitude / Planetary science / Spaceflight / Astronomy

More Discoveries… Better Descriptions From the 1890s through the 1930s, asteroid research was buzzing with excitement; a total of 1140 asteroid discoveries occurred during this time. With such a surge in activity, it b

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Source URL: dawn.jpl.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-02-02 14:51:03
66Variable star / Apparent magnitude / Cosmic distance ladder / Star / Magnitude / Absolute magnitude / Mira / RV Tauri variable / Astronomy / Observational astronomy / Space

Chandra X-Ray Observatory Variable Stars Stars appear to shine with a constant light; however, thousands of stars vary in brightness. The brightness that a star appears to have (apparent magnitude) from our perspective

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-04-07 11:14:58
67Apparent magnitude / Venus / Mercury / Coefficient / Planet / Space / Knowledge / Academia / Observational astronomy / Terrestrial planets / Polynomials

USNO/AA Technical Note[removed]Updating the Magnitudes of the Planets in The Astronomical Almanac James L. Hilton

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Source URL: aa.usno.navy.mil

Language: English - Date: 2012-01-05 13:26:40
68Star / Milky Way / Magnitude / Apparent magnitude / Stellar classification / Naked eye / Galaxy / Night sky / Globular cluster / Observational astronomy / Astronomy / Space

Exploring Stars in the Milky Way National Aeronautics and Space Administration i

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Source URL: www.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-06-27 10:21:09
69Space / Observational astronomy / Standard candles / Light sources / Supernovae / Apparent magnitude / Supernova / Cosmic distance ladder / Redshift / Astronomy / Physics / Physical cosmology

Detecting the Most Distant Supernova in the Universe When the Webb Space Telescope begins operation in ca 2015, one of its first scientific goals will be to detect, if they exist, the most distant supernova in the univer

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Source URL: jwst.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2010-12-10 16:38:18
70Lighting / Photometry / Photon / Star / Apparent magnitude / Physics / Observational astronomy / Light sources

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Source URL: frank.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2000-12-31 10:21:28
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