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Re: [Phys-L] absolute magnitude

That's a great article. Thanks for finding it. It didn't pop up in a search for "absolute magnitude standard distance".

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From: Phys-l [mailto:phys-l-bounces@phys-l.org] On Behalf Of Bruce McKay
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 7:27 PM
To: Phys-L@Phys-L.org
Subject: Re: [Phys-L] absolute magnitude

I searched for absolute magnitude history in Google and the first item shown
was "The introduction of Absolute Magnitude (1902-1922)" by DW Hughes in
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 9(2), 173-179 (2006).

Hughes addresses three questions about absolute magnitude. Who
introduced the concept and when, who decided that the reference distance
should be 10 pc and when was this commonly accepted?


Bruce McKay