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Apparent Magnitude

Apparent Magnitude is a dimensionless scalar quantity in observational astronomy that represents the intrinsic brightness of a celestial object as measured from Earth, defined on a logarithmic scale where smaller values indicate greater observed flux.

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Estimating Distances from Parallaxes. V. Geometric and Photogeometric Distances to 1.47 Billion Stars in Gaia Early Data Release 3

The Astronomical Journal · 2021 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Color Separation of Galaxy Types in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data

Iskra Strateva, Željko Ivezić, G. R. Knapp et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 2001 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Extragalactic nebulae.

Edwin Hubble · The Astrophysical Journal · 1926 · 1.2K citations

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THE DEEP2 GALAXY REDSHIFT SURVEY: DESIGN, OBSERVATIONS, DATA REDUCTION, AND REDSHIFTS

Jeffrey A. Newman, Michael C. Cooper, Marc Davis et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2013 · 753 citations · Full text

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A probable giant planet imaged in the <i>β</i> Pictoris disk

A. M. Lagrange, ‪Damien Gratadour‬, G. Chauvin et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2008 · 557 citations · Full text

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    Bharat Ratra

    Kansas State University, United States

    10 publications · 629 citations

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  2. AS
    Allan Sandage

    Carnegie Observatories, United States

    8 publications · 757 citations

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    G. Paturel

    Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

    7 publications · 447 citations

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    Timothy C. Beers

    Michigan State University, United States

    7 publications · 723 citations

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    James E. Gunn

    Princeton University, United States

    6 publications · 2.2K citations

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  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    24 h-index

    71 publications

    9.9K citations

  2. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    22 h-index

    40 publications

    5.7K citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    22 h-index

    45 publications

    4K citations

  4. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    22 h-index

    48 publications

    4.8K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    99 publications

    14.5K citations

  6. Carnegie Observatories

    Pasadena, United States

    18 h-index

    36 publications

    4.1K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    17 h-index

    41 publications

    11.8K citations

  8. European Southern Observatory

    Santiago, Chile

    16 h-index

    24 publications

    2.4K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 149 publications · 11K citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 71 publications · 8.9K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    77 publications · 4.3K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    30 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

    PASP · 19 publications · 924 citations

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