[magazine] Absolute Magnitude is a discontinued, semi-professional science fiction magazine started in 1993 under the name Harsh Mistress. However, in 1994 after only two issues the name was changed to Absolute Magnitude. In 2002 the name was changed again to Absolute Magnitude & Aboriginal Science Fiction when the publishers acquired the r...
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is a measure of a star's absolute brightness. It is defined as the apparent magnitude the star would show if it were located at a distance of 10 parsecs, or 32.6 light years.
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(from the article `star`) The actually measured brightnesses of stars give apparent magnitudes. These cannot be converted to intrinsic brightnesses until the distances of the ... in astronomy, graph showing the relation between the absolute magnitudes (brightnesses) of stars and their colours, which are closely related to ... Globul...
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A measure of the true brightness of an object in space. Specifically, it is the apparent magnitude of a star, or other bright object, when seen from a standard distance of 10 parsecs (32.6 light-years). Absolute magnitude M can be found from the objects' apparent magnitude m and its parallax p in...
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The apparent magnitude or brightness that a star or other celestial object would have if it was viewed from a standard distance of 10 parsecs, (32.6 light years). Absolute magnitude is therefore the true or intrinsic brightness of an object. (See also Apparent magnitude and Magnitude.)
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The apparent magnitude that a star would possess it if were placed at a distance of 10 parsecs from Earth. In this way,absolute magnitude provides a direct comparison of the brightness of stars. The apparent magnitude of a star is based upon its luminosity and its distance. If all stars were placed at the same distance then their apparent magnitude…
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The stellar magnitude any meteor would have if placed in the observer's zenith at a height of 100 km.
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A scale for measuring the actual brightness of a celestial object without accounting for the distance of the object. Absolute magnitude measures how bright an object would appear if it were exactly 10 parsecs (about 33 light-years) away from Earth. On this scale, the Sun has an absolute magnitude of +4.8 while it has an apparent magnitude of -26.7 ...
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n] - (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth
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noun (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth
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the magnitude of a star as it would appear to a hypothetical observer at a distance of 10 parsecs or 32.6 light-years. Cf. apparent magnitude.
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