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minus-squaredocd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·1 day agoChecking here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude the sun is listed as “about 400,000 times as bright as mean full Moon” so pretty accurate.
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 hours agoHow much brighter is it than a nice full moon?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down23·1 day agoYou do know the moon doesn’t generate its own light, right?
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·16 hours agoA mirror doesn’t generate its own light either, but would you try shooting a weapons grade laser into one and pointing it at one of your eye sockets?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·12 hours agoI wouldn’t compare the brightness of a laser to a reflection of itself. That’s the issue I’m seeing.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 hours agoPssh! You still believe in the moon?
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 hours agoHow could it? I’ve never seen cheese glow.
Checking here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude the sun is listed as “about 400,000 times as bright as mean full Moon” so pretty accurate.
How much brighter is it than a nice full moon?
You do know the moon doesn’t generate its own light, right?
A mirror doesn’t generate its own light either, but would you try shooting a weapons grade laser into one and pointing it at one of your eye sockets?
I wouldn’t compare the brightness of a laser to a reflection of itself. That’s the issue I’m seeing.
Apparent magnitude DGAF
Pssh! You still believe in the moon?
How could it? I’ve never seen cheese glow.