Talk:R Aquilae
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[edit]It says luminosity 0.04 times the Sun, which makes it a dim star. It says apparent magnitude 7.61 at 700 light years, which makes it a bright star, much brighter. It says absolute magnitude 8.75, which makes it a dim star. But the German Wikipedia article says absolute magnitude 0.97, which makes it a bright star. And both articles say Mira variable, which means all those very incompatible numbers could be true at different times. But they don't say that. Art LaPella (talk) 20:03, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
- My guess would be that the German article is right. This being a CarloscomB article, all statistics, especially absolute magnitudes, should be taken with a grain of salt until the cleanup is finished, since his error rate was simply too high for WP's standards, and all the articles need checking. (see User:StringTheory11/CarloscomB cleanup). StringTheory11 (t • c) 00:11, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
- Then would you please make the edit, here and at List of stars in Aquila, rather than me saying it's because String Theory says so? :) (If only this were the ex-dividend date article for instance, then I'd be the expert!) By the way, the German article says "Aus Scheinbarer Helligkeit und Entfernung errechnet." ("Calculated from apparent brightness and distance"), so it's not so much an independent opinion; I could have done that much. Art LaPella (talk) 00:33, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
Done. StringTheory11 (t • c) 02:33, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
- Then would you please make the edit, here and at List of stars in Aquila, rather than me saying it's because String Theory says so? :) (If only this were the ex-dividend date article for instance, then I'd be the expert!) By the way, the German article says "Aus Scheinbarer Helligkeit und Entfernung errechnet." ("Calculated from apparent brightness and distance"), so it's not so much an independent opinion; I could have done that much. Art LaPella (talk) 00:33, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
