# limiting magnitude

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

**Wikidata**: [Q1545770](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1545770)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limiting_magnitude)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/limiting-magnitude


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)