Stars

Stars Mike McCann Science Report Science Report P.d. 4 STARS The magnitude scale was invented by an ancient Greek lotus-eater named Hipparchus in nearly 150 BC He regulate the stars he could see in terms of their coruscantness, with 1 representing the glintingest can to 6 representing the faintest. Modern astronomy has extended this system to stars brighter than Hipparchus stolon magnitude stars and ones much, much fainter than 6. As it turns out, the eye senses brightness logarithmically, so each increase in 5 magnitudes corresponds to a decrease in brightness by a factor 100.

The sacred magnitude is the magnitude the stars would have if view ed from a distance of 10 parsecs or some 32.6 light years. Obviously, Deneb is intrinsically very bright to make this list from its greater distance. Rigel, of nearly the same arbitrary magnitude, but closer, stands even higher in the list. Note that about of these distances be really nearby, on a cosmic scale, and that they are gener...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderEssay.net

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