Physics A-Level
Inverted magnitude scale
What Inverted magnitude scale means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Inverted magnitude scale
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Brighter stars have smaller magnitudes, including zero and negative values, so magnitude 6 is fainter than magnitude 1.
Topics that use Inverted magnitude scale
- Classification by luminosity (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Apparent magnitude
- Apparent versus absolute magnitude
- Brightness
- Intensity of radiation received
- Irradiance
- Logarithmic brightness ratio
- Logarithmic brightness scale
- Logarithmic scale
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