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Reverse logarithmic measure of the brightness of an object.

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subClassOf	quantity nodeID://b19831 nodeID://b19833
label	magnitude (en) magnitude (nl)
comment	Reverse logarithmic measure of the brightness of an object. (en)
commonly has unit	magnitude micromagnitude millimagnitude one
longcomment	The magnitude scale was originally created by Hipparchos of Nicea (160-127 BCE) and was measured by comparing the brightness between stars. Initially this was done inaccurately by eye but is currently done by using photoelectric photometers or even more recently by CCDs. Hipparchos divided the stars into six magnitude (brightness classes), the brightest stars being assigned to the first class and the faintest to the sixth class. By about the middle 1800s it became apparent that the traditional magnitude scale is close to a logarithmic scale with base 2.5. This is due to the fact that the response of the eye is nearly logarithmic. N.R. Pogson formalised the magnitude scale to closely match the traditional (visual) scale. It is now defined as: <n0:math xmlns:n0="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"> <n0:msub><n0:mi>m</n0:mi><n0:mn>1</n0:mn></n0:msub> <n0:mo>-</n0:mo> <n0:msub><n0:mi>m</n0:mi><n0:mn>2</n0:mn> </n0:msub><n0:mo>=</n0:mo> <n0:mn>-2.5</n0:mn><n0:mi>log</n0:mi> <n0:mfrac linethickness="1"> <n0:mrow> <n0:msub><n0:mi>f</n0:mi><n0:mn>1</n0:mn></n0:msub> </n0:mrow> <n0:mrow><n0:msub><n0:mi>f</n0:mi><n0:mn>2</n0:mn></n0:msub> </n0:mrow> </n0:mfrac> </n0:math> where <n0:math xmlns:n0="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><n0:msub><n0:mi>m</n0:mi><n0:mn>1</n0:mn></n0:msub> <n0:mo>-</n0:mo> <n0:msub><n0:mi>m</n0:mi><n0:mn>2</n0:mn> </n0:msub></n0:math> is the magnitude difference between two objects, and <n0:math xmlns:n0="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><n0:msub><n0:mi>f</n0:mi><n0:mn>1</n0:mn></n0:msub></n0:math> and <n0:math xmlns:n0="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><n0:msub><n0:mi>f</n0:mi><n0:mn>2</n0:mn></n0:msub></n0:math> are the luminous fluxes of the two objects. The magnitude of Vega (α Lyrae, HD 172167) is defined to be 0 in all wavelengths and passbands, although in practice this can only be an approximation. The zero point is now defined using multiple standard stars from the north polar sequence (non-variable stars within 2 degrees of the north celestial pole) or secondary standard stars from other parts of the sky. Please note that the scale is inverted, objects of magnitude 1 have a higher luminous flux than objects of magnitude 5. Stars of magnitude 6 are just visible to the naked eye under good observing conditions. The units of magnitude, also called magnitude, are usually not indicated except when indicating small magnitude differences when milli- or micromagnitudes are used. (rdf:XMLLiteral)
symbol	m
reference	Photometry Introduction
is subClassOf of	absolute magnitude apparent magnitude bolometric magnitude Cousins magnitude integrated magnitude Johnson magnitude limiting magnitude magnitude at maximum brightness magnitude at minimum brightness photographic magnitude red magnitude Strömgren magnitude Thuan and Gunn magnitude Tycho broadband magnitude white light magnitude 1040 nm Lockwood magnitude
is uses quantity of	astronomy and astrophysics

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