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total (visual) magnitude

Total, integrated magnitude of a comet's head (meaning coma + nuclear condensation). This can be estimated visually, as the comet's "total visual magnitude". The variable m1, usually found in comet ephemerides, is used to denote the total (often predicted) magnitude. See also definition for "Magnitude", above.

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