Limiting Magnitude and Light Grasp Calculator
Limiting Magnitude and Light Grasp: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers aperture, sky brightness and observer experience. Stub page. Not published yet.
Limiting Magnitude and Light Grasp Calculator is a planned calculator in the science section of Super Calculator, covering telescopes.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: aperture, sky brightness and observer experience.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Limiting magnitude approx 2.7 plus 5 log10(aperture in mm), light grasp from area ratio.
Written for observers judging what a scope will show.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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