26 Oct 2018 11:34
Watsisname wrote:
> (I almost said apparent magnitude and flux decrease with distance, but then that
> would be wrong since the magnitude scale is defined backwards).
You cna blame Hipparcos in the first century BC because the Danjon scale we use nowadays is based on his scale who put the brightest stars visible to the naked eye at mag 1 and the least visible to mag 6.
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