Usually means: Intrinsic brightness of celestial objects.
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  1. absolute magnitudes: Merriam-Webster
  2. absolute magnitudes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. absolute magnitudes: Vocabulary.com
  4. absolute magnitudes: Wiktionary
  5. absolute magnitudes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. absolute magnitudes: Encyclopedia

(Note: See absolute_magnitude as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (absolute magnitude)

noun:  (astronomy) The intrinsic luminosity that a celestial body would have if viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs or about 32.6 light years.
▸ Also see absolute_magnitude


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