re: Vega, the standard bright star

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RobVG — 10/17/2003 2:51:27 AM (archived)

Just a guess but if you used Sirius for the reference, and set it to '0', all the rest of the stars would be dimmer. The Sun,moon and some of the other planets wouldn't fit on the scale.

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Vega, the standard bright star - Success_Machine - 10/17/2003 12:45:26 AM
- Saw it the first time last week............ - Carl - 10/17/2003 3:42:13 PM
- re: Distance might be the key - SteveS - 10/17/2003 1:44:11 PM
  - re: Apparent and Absolute - Raoul - 10/17/2003 2:48:12 PM
    - re: Apparent and Absolute - SteveS - 10/17/2003 3:47:33 PM
  - re: Found it - SteveS - 10/17/2003 2:33:31 PM
- year-round visibility... - Nick Hoffman - 10/17/2003 7:32:57 AM
  - On the right track as usual Nick - SteveS - 10/17/2003 11:42:58 PM
  - I think you're right, Nick - Fox - 10/17/2003 8:49:53 PM
  - re: year-round visibility... - phil - 10/17/2003 1:14:33 PM
- re: Vega, the standard bright star - RobVG - 10/17/2003 2:51:27 AM

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