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Re: Planet X: MAY Coordinates


> > In article <cAvK6.2476$n81.1849356@typhoon.hawaii.rr.com> Dave Tholen wrote:
> >>  The object cannot be both 2nd magnitude and 11th magnitude.

Why all the BS about the difference between ABSOLUTE magnitude and APPARENT
magnitude? Our own sun has an ABSOLUTE magnitude of +4.85 (if viewed from 10
parsecs distance from earth, standard definition). Isn't the APPARENT
magnitude, even on a cloudy day, something brighter than +4.85? Unless you
were looking for the sun at midnight I suppose, which could not be
discounted based on the moronic replies I have seen here.
S. Welknelk <not@home.com>