Stargazing Basics 2: Understanding star magnitude in astronomy
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Want to know more about the basics of astronomy? Learn about magnitudes (brightness differences of objects) in the night sky for beginning astronomy. Video discusses visual magnitude from the Sun through 11th magnitude, explaining the scale's logarithmic method of calculating brightness, plus the concepts of absolute magnitude, integrated magnitude and surface brightness - all in a friendly, easy-to-understand presentation. #withcaptions
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Let the Dew Drops Fall on good teachers like you!
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Man I'm getting interested in stargazing and astronomy right in a cloudy week. Oh and it's also new moon, which is great. NOT :)
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Great stuff thanx
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Thank you very much.
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Very helpful
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very useful.. thanks!
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Thanks so much! I had homework for star magnitude and these facts helped me get it done real quick and helped me understand alot about the topic!
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You Sir are awesome. Thank you sooooo much for sharing these videos. Very informative.
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Thank you so much, I have learned a lot by watching your three videos - "Star gazing basics 1 to 3".
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Thanxx!
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Good one for beginners, thanks David Fuller..:)
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Great
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Very informative video, helped me understand the magnitudes :p
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you are amazing! Subscribed.
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Great video, like always. Thank you very much.
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