The famous Greek astronomer Hipparchus introduced the magnitude scale more than 2,000 years ago. He assigned the brightest stars 1st-magnitude status and the faintest 6th-magnitude status.
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ATLANTIC SKIES: The obsession over stellar magnitudesAstronomers, both professional and amateur, are obsessed with stellar magnitudes. For professional astronomers, stellar ...
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March 2025: What's in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?The famous Greek astronomer Hipparchus introduced the magnitude scale more than 2,000 years ago. He assigned the brightest stars 1st-magnitude status and the faintest 6th-magnitude status.
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