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I personally think this infobox needs a visual update. I'm not great at infoboxes, but I made an attempt at updating it on my Sandbox. I feel like that one is better than the current template, but it still needs some work (the color isn't great). If anyone wants to give me suggestions, or if you want to make your own, please do! - NightHammer (talk) 22:19, 19 August 2014 (EDT)

There are two types of magnitude when you're referring to stars. One is 'apparent magnitude' which is a numerical value of how bright a star appears as viewed in the sky from Earth, specifically. Not terribly helpful when you have many stars and perspectives in abundant fictional colonies. The other type is 'absolute magnitude', which is a number illustrating how bright a star would appear if all stars were measured from a standardized distance...much more meaningful when wanting to compare how bright one star is to another. For example, because the Sun is so close to us compared to all other stars, it would have the brightest apparent magnitude, but it would be downright dim compared to some stars in the galaxy if we saw its absolute magnitude number. The infobox doesn't specify which is in use. The most often found data is apparent magnitude, unfortunately, which again doesn't really mean much since in Halo not everyone's confined to Earth. I guess what I'm suggesting is that the infobox at least specify which is in use, or maybe include both terms. -ScaleMaster117 (talk) 07:32, 20 August 2014 (EDT)

The infobox uses apparent magnitude. I referred to it simply as "magnitude" in the "preview" to keep it similar to the current infobox, as well as to keep it short. But I agree. The infobox should use absolute magnitude instead of apparent. Sounds much more useful. - NightHammer (talk) 09:35, 20 August 2014 (EDT)

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	:There are two types of magnitude when you're referring to stars. One is 'apparent magnitude' which is a numerical value of how bright a star appears as viewed in the sky from Earth, specifically. Not terribly helpful when you have many stars and perspectives in abundant fictional colonies. The other type is 'absolute magnitude', which is a number illustrating how bright a star would appear if all stars were measured from a standardized distance...much more meaningful when wanting to compare how bright one star is to another. For example, because the Sun is so close to us compared to all other stars, it would have the brightest apparent magnitude, but it would be downright dim compared to some stars in the galaxy if we saw its absolute magnitude number. The infobox doesn't specify which is in use. The most often found data is apparent magnitude, unfortunately, which again doesn't really mean much since in Halo not everyone's confined to Earth. I guess what I'm suggesting is that the infobox at least specify which is in use, or maybe include both terms. -[[User:ScaleMaster117\|ScaleMaster117]] ([[User talk:ScaleMaster117\|talk]]) 07:32, 20 August 2014 (EDT)		:There are two types of magnitude when you're referring to stars. One is 'apparent magnitude' which is a numerical value of how bright a star appears as viewed in the sky from Earth, specifically. Not terribly helpful when you have many stars and perspectives in abundant fictional colonies. The other type is 'absolute magnitude', which is a number illustrating how bright a star would appear if all stars were measured from a standardized distance...much more meaningful when wanting to compare how bright one star is to another. For example, because the Sun is so close to us compared to all other stars, it would have the brightest apparent magnitude, but it would be downright dim compared to some stars in the galaxy if we saw its absolute magnitude number. The infobox doesn't specify which is in use. The most often found data is apparent magnitude, unfortunately, which again doesn't really mean much since in Halo not everyone's confined to Earth. I guess what I'm suggesting is that the infobox at least specify which is in use, or maybe include both terms. -[[User:ScaleMaster117\|ScaleMaster117]] ([[User talk:ScaleMaster117\|talk]]) 07:32, 20 August 2014 (EDT)

			::The infobox uses apparent magnitude. I referred to it simply as "magnitude" in the "preview" to keep it similar to the current infobox, as well as to keep it short. But I agree. The infobox should use absolute magnitude instead of apparent. Sounds much more useful. - [[User:NightHammer\|NightHammer]] ([[User talk:NightHammer\|talk]]) 09:35, 20 August 2014 (EDT)