Pogson Scale

Pogson scale

[′päg·sən ‚skāl] (astronomy) An index of brightness used in star catologs; it is the ratio of 2.512 to 1 between the brightness of successive magnitudes.

Pogson Scale

a relation between the magnitudes m \\ and m 2 of two stars and their brightnesses E₁ and E₂:

m₂ — m₁ = —2.5 log E₂/E₁

The value of —2.5 for the coefficient was proposed by the English astronomer N. R. Pogson in 1859. It was chosen so that a variation in brightness by a factor of 100 would correspond to a difference of five magnitudes (which is the mean difference between the brightest and faintest stars visible to the naked eye); thus faint stars have greater magnitudes.

The Pogson scale for visual observations is one example of the Weber-Fechner psychophysical law. In this case, the strength of the stimulus on the pupil of the observer’s eye is determined by the brightness of a particular star, while the intensity of the sensation is a function of the star’s magnitude.

单词	pogson scale
释义	Pogson Scale Pogson scale [′päg·sən ‚skāl] (astronomy) An index of brightness used in star catologs; it is the ratio of 2.512 to 1 between the brightness of successive magnitudes. Pogson Scale a relation between the magnitudes m \\ and m 2 of two stars and their brightnesses E₁ and E₂: m₂ — m₁ = —2.5 log E₂/E₁ The value of —2.5 for the coefficient was proposed by the English astronomer N. R. Pogson in 1859. It was chosen so that a variation in brightness by a factor of 100 would correspond to a difference of five magnitudes (which is the mean difference between the brightest and faintest stars visible to the naked eye); thus faint stars have greater magnitudes. The Pogson scale for visual observations is one example of the Weber-Fechner psychophysical law. In this case, the strength of the stimulus on the pupil of the observer’s eye is determined by the brightness of a particular star, while the intensity of the sensation is a function of the star’s magnitude.
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