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Stellar Magnitude
The "brightness" of a star, expressed on a logarithmic scale, so that brighter stars have smaller magnitude values. Thus a first magnitude star is very bright, a sixth magnitude star is at the limit of normal baseline hu vision. See also Apparent Magnitude, Absolute Magnitude.
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Development Notes
Text by Chris Clowes
Initially published on 31 December 2001.
Initially published on 31 December 2001.
