Explanation Apparent visual magnitude is the magnitude involving the types of light visible to naked eye. The distance of the star from earth is not taken into account. The term visual implies the light visible to the naked eye. Apparent visual magnitude is given by, m B − m A = 2.51 ln ( F A F B )

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