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    In astronomy, limiting magnitude is the faintest apparent magnitude of a celestial body that is detectable or detected by a given instrument. In some...
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    "magnitude" are understood to mean apparent magnitude. Amateur astronomers commonly express the darkness of the sky in terms of limiting magnitude, i...
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    reaches a magnitude of −6. Amateur astronomers commonly express the darkness of the sky in terms of limiting magnitude, i.e. the apparent magnitude of the...
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  • object Instrumental magnitude, the uncalibrated apparent magnitude of a celestial object Limiting magnitude, the faintest apparent magnitude of a celestial...
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    skies. It gives several criteria for each level beyond naked-eye limiting magnitude (NELM). The accuracy and utility of the scale have been questioned...
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    night sky at each period within the last or next 5 million years Limiting magnitude List of variable stars List of semiregular variable stars List of...
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    This represents the limiting magnitude correction factor (Population index). For every change of 1 magnitude in the limiting magnitude of the observer, the...
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  • 0.27 millinits). Araucaria Project Low-surface-brightness galaxy Limiting magnitude Sigma-D relation Daintith, John; Gould, William (2006). The Facts...
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  • on the limiting magnitude selected, there may be a range of distances in the data set over which all objects of any possible absolute magnitude could be...
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  • bring about an increase of the magnitude of the function." In population ecology, a regulating factor, also known as a limiting factor, is something that keeps...
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