apparent magnitude

English

Asteroid 65 Cybele and 2 stars with their apparent magnitudes labeled.

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Noun

apparent magnitude (countable and uncountable, plural apparent magnitudes)

1. (astronomy) a numerical measure of the brightness of a star, planet etc.; a decrease of 1 unit represents an increase in the light received by a factor of 2.512

Related terms

• absolute magnitude
• bolometric magnitude

Translations

measure of the brightness of a heavenly body

• French: magnitude apparente (fr) f
• Irish: méid dhealraitheach f
• Malay: magnitud ketara
• Portuguese: magnitude aparente f
• Romanian: magnitudine aparentă f
• Russian: ви́димая звёздная величина́ f (vídimaja zvjózdnaja veličiná)