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A truly dark sky has a surface brightness of 2 × 10 −4 cd m −2 or 21.8 mag arcsec −2. [9] [clarification needed] The peak surface brightness of the central region of the Orion Nebula is about 17 Mag/arcsec 2 (about 14 milli nits) and the outer bluish glow has a peak surface brightness of 21.3 Mag/arcsec 2 (about 0.27 millinits). [10]
2 Typical truly dark site 7.1–7.5 21.6–21.75 the zodiacal light is distinctly yellowish and bright enough to cast shadows at dusk and dawn; airglow may be weakly visible near horizon; the gegenschein is visible; clouds are only visible as dark holes against the sky; surroundings are barely visible silhouetted against the sky
(The S 10 unit is defined as the surface brightness of a star whose V-magnitude is 10 and whose light is smeared over one square degree, or 27.78 mag arcsec −2.) The total sky brightness in zenith is therefore ~220 S 10 or 21.9 mag/arcsec² in the V-band. Note that the contributions from Airglow and Zodiacal light vary with the time of year ...
The values reported by the SQM are in units of magnitudes per square arcsecond (mag arcsec-2). Typically, the data provided by SQMs are recorded in magnitudes, denoted as m or mag, specifically in mSQM (or magSQM), where the subscript SQM indicates that the measured radiance is calculated by weighting the electromagnetic radiation according to ...
The limiting magnitude for naked eye visibility refers to the faintest stars that can be seen with the unaided eye near the zenith on clear moonless nights. The quantity is most often used as an overall indicator of sky brightness, in that light polluted and humid areas generally have brighter limiting magnitudes than remote desert or high altitude areas.
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The first is the direction of the proper motion on the celestial sphere (with 0 degrees meaning the motion is north, 90 degrees meaning the motion is east, (left on most sky maps and space telescope images) and so on), and the second is its magnitude, typically expressed in arcseconds per year (symbols: arcsec/yr, as/yr, ″/yr, ″ yr −1) or ...
Arcsecant(arcsec)-function + Arcsecant(arccsc)-function from Wikimedia Commons plot-range: -4.5 to 4.5 plotted with cubic bezier-curves in several intervalls the bezier-controll-points are calculated to give a very accurate result. symbols in "Computer Modern" (TeX) font embedded created with a plain text editor using GNU/Linux