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Remark on y-axis value of fainter stars perhaps unclear #199

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HannoSpreeuw opened this issue Mar 17, 2023 · 0 comments · Fixed by #213
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Remark on y-axis value of fainter stars perhaps unclear #199

HannoSpreeuw opened this issue Mar 17, 2023 · 0 comments · Fixed by #213

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Below A slight detour for non-domain experts there is a nice explanation with the phrase:

A star farther away will be fainter (lower y-axis value)

Indeed, fainter stars will be positioned lower in the HR-diagram, but their magnitudes will be higher, so a higher y-axis value.
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clarifying language because magnitudes are stupid abostroem/astronomy-python
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