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Re: [Phys-l] the Moon


On 2011, Dec 07, , at 13:58, Paul Nord wrote:

I suspect that this is because stars are very dim. Check your own photographs, you don't see stars in very many of those either. If you have a nice bright foreground object like the lighted surface of the moon, the earth, or the sun, the stars don't show up.

Paul


Sirius M=~ -1.5

Moon ~ -12.7

m = -2.5 * log (F/Fstand)

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