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absolute visual magnitude, Mv (s) (noun), absolute visual magnitudes (pl)
The absolute magnitude of an object measured through a special yellowish filter that approximates the visual range of the human eye: For stars, a normally cited absolute magnitude is the absolute visual magnitude that uses the visual (V) band of the spectrum.
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