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limiting magnitude

faintest apparent magnitude of a celestial body that is detectable or detected by a given instrument
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limiting magnitude

Summary

limiting magnitude is a logarithmic scale[1]. It draws 68 Wikipedia views per month (logarithmic_scale category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • limiting magnitude's instance of is recorded as logarithmic scale[3].
  • limiting magnitude's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03vcm0[4].
  • limiting magnitude's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as limiting-magnitude[5].
  • limiting magnitude's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 923[6].
  • limiting magnitude's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 135448202[7].
  • limiting magnitude's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C135448202[8].
  • limiting magnitude's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 534530[9].

Why It Matters

limiting magnitude draws 68 Wikipedia views per month (logarithmic_scale category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). limiting magnitude. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/limiting-magnitude
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_limiting-magnitude_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{limiting magnitude}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/limiting-magnitude}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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