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Can anyone offer insight into the derivation of the surface brightness to solar luminosity conversion
S(mag/arcsec^2) = Mabs + 21.572 - 2.5log S (Solar luminosities/pc^2)
More or less my concern is the constant term, is it empirically observed value or is there a derivation for it?
thanks
S(mag/arcsec^2) = Mabs + 21.572 - 2.5log S (Solar luminosities/pc^2)
More or less my concern is the constant term, is it empirically observed value or is there a derivation for it?
thanks