Asked by nichola
How would I go about estimating a stars apparent visual magnitude using only my eye's?Advice or good internet site is appreciated.
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Answered by
bobpursley
"estimating"?
learn several common stars, memorize their magnitude, then you can compare others to them:
I suggest these..
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/brightest.html
learn several common stars, memorize their magnitude, then you can compare others to them:
I suggest these..
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/brightest.html
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