Talk:Distance modulus

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Distance modulus is a former good article candidate. There are suggestions below for which areas need improvement to satisfy the good article criteria. Once the objections are addressed, the article can be renominated as a good article. If you disagree with the objections, you can seek a review. Date of review: No date specified. Please edit template call function as follows: {{FailedGA|insert date in any format here}}

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I've removed this from the list of GA self nominations for a few reasons. The article is rather short, it's basically a definition and examples. All references are tangential, merely verifying that the examples given are factual. How did the concept of the distance modulus arise? How did it become standard?

In the case of the LMC, this means that the supernova SN1987A, with a peak apparent magnitude of 2.8, had an absolute magnitude of -15.7 - fairly low by supernova standards. — How the reader supposed to understand that this follows? More importantly, is it germane to the article? Pagrashtak 00:12, 10 March 2006 (UTC)