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For example, a magnitude 2.0 star is 2.512 times as bright as a magnitude 3.0 star, 6.31 times as magnitude 4.0, and 100 times magnitude 7.0. The brightest astronomical objects have negative apparent magnitudes: for example, Venus at −4.2 or Sirius at −1.46.
Consequently, a magnitude 1 star is about 2.5 times brighter than a magnitude 2 star, about 2.5 2 times brighter than a magnitude 3 star, about 2.5 3 times brighter than a magnitude 4 star, and so on. This is the modern magnitude system, which measures the brightness, not the apparent size, of stars.
For example, Betelgeuse has the K-band apparent magnitude of −4.05. [5] Some stars, like Betelgeuse and Antares, are variable stars, changing their magnitude over days, months or years. In the table, the range of variation is indicated with the symbol "var". Single magnitude values quoted for variable stars come from a variety of sources.
Although the views of bright globular clusters through 10" aperture and larger are striking, the outer regions of galaxies are difficult or impossible to see. limiting magnitude with 12.5" reflector is 15.2; 5 Suburban sky 5.6–6.0 19.25–20.3 only hints of zodiacal light are seen on the best nights in autumn and spring
For example, it omits Gliese 710 which in about 1.35 million years is expected to be close enough to have a magnitude of −2.7, [2] as confirmed by the Gaia spacecraft. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Star
The apparent brightness of Mercury as seen from Earth is greatest at phase angle 0° (superior conjunction with the Sun) when it can reach magnitude −2.6. [14] At phase angles approaching 180° (inferior conjunction) the planet fades to about magnitude +5 [14] with the exact brightness depending on the phase angle at that particular ...
The stellar wind of Meissa is well characterized by a mass-loss rate of 2.5 × 10 −8 solar masses per year and a terminal velocity of 2,000 km/s. [ 9 ] Meissa is actually a double star with a companion at an angular separation of 4.41 arcseconds along a position angle of 43.12° (as of 1937). [ 21 ]
Delta Cephei (δ Cep, δ Cephei) is a quadruple star system [4] located approximately 887 light-years away in the northern constellation of Cepheus, the King.At this distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by 0.23 as a result of extinction caused by gas and dust along the line of sight. [6]