Apparent magnitude
Brightness of a celestial object observed from the Earth
Summary
Apparent magnitude is a measure of the brightness of a star, astronomical object or other celestial objects like artificial satellites. Its value depends on its intrinsic luminosity, its distance, and any extinction of the object's light caused by interstellar dust or atmosphere along the line of sight to the observer.
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Adding the Great Comet of 1882, the brightest comet ever recorded
Merged the IAU resolution note into the existing paragraph and removed the duplicate phrasing.
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I don't see the point of this edit
seems to be fixed
I actually sat and thought "huh, what would be the known object with the greatest apparent magnitude, -26 sounds awfully big on a reverse logarithmic scale..." for about twelve seconds before putting this together. Proposing this edit in hopes of saving others those precious seconds of their lives. Source is in the linked wiki article as well as the sentence-ending citation.
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