Usually means: Brightness per unit area observed.
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  1. Surface brightness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Surface Brightness: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Surface Brightness: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. Surface Brightness, Surface brightness: Extragalactic Astronomy

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noun:  In astronomy, surface brightness quantifies the apparent brightness or flux density per unit angular area of a spatially extended object such as a galaxy or nebula, or of the night sky background.

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