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I probably did the calculations[1] wrong but the value I'm getting for the apparent magnitude of 55 Cancri B at 1000 AU with an absolute magnitude of 12.66[2] i
by cosgroveb 15y ago
I probably did the calculations[1] wrong but the value I'm getting for the apparent magnitude of 55 Cancri B at 1000 AU with an absolute magnitude of 12.66[2] is about -3.9121 which, if located in our Solar system, would be bright enough to see in daylight, despite being almost 35 times as distant as Pluto is to the Sun.
[1] http://ceres.hsc.edu/homepages/classes/astronomy/spring99/Mathematics/sec19.html http://ceres.hsc.edu/homepages/classes/astronomy/spring99/Ma...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55_Cancri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55_Cancri