Orders of magnitude (luminous flux)
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To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list contains various light sources, with outputs measured in lumens (lm).
| Factor [lm] |
Multiple | Value | Item |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10−2 | 1 centilumen (clm) | 0.025 lm | One firefly[citation needed] |
| 101 | 10 lumen (lm) | 12.57 lm | One candle[1] |
| 102 | 1 hectolumen (hlm) | 780 lm | 60 W incandescent light bulb |
| 875 lm | 50 W halogen lamp | ||
| 900 lm | 15 W compact fluorescent lamp | ||
| 930 lm | 75 W incandescent light bulb | ||
| 103 | 1 kilolumen (klm) | 1000 lm | High-power LED[2] |
| 1400 lm | 75 W halogen lamp[3] | ||
| 1550 lm | 23 W compact fluorescent lamp[4][5] | ||
| 2990 lm | 200 W incandescent light bulb | ||
| 104 | 10 kilolumen (klm) | 75 000 lm | Edison Commemorative Light Bulb[6] |
| 105 | 100 kilolumen (klm) | 600 000 lm | IMAX projector bulb[7] |
| 109 | 1 gigalumen (Glm) | 42.3 billion lm | "Luxor Sky Beam" spotlight array |
| 1024 | 1 yottalumen (Ylm) | about 4.6×1024 lm | M9V red dwarf star (dimmest class) |
| 1025 | 10 yottalumen (Ylm) | about 3×1025 lm | V886 Centauri (white dwarf) |
| 1028 | 10 thousand yottalumen (Ylm) | 3.6×1028 lm | The Sun (3.846×1026 W × 93 lm/W[8][9]) |
| 1029 | 100 thousand yottalumen (Ylm) | 7.26×1029 lm | Sirius |
| 1032 | 100 million yottalumen (Ylm) | 9.5570×1032 lm | HD 68273 (a Wolf-Rayet star)[10] |
| 1038 | 100 trillion yottalumen (Ylm) | 1.382×1038 lm | Type Ia supernova |
| 1041 | 100 quadrillion yottalumen (Ylm) | 1.26×1041 lm | Quasar 3C 273 |
| 1042 | 1 quintillion yottalumen (Ylm) | ~1042 lm | Hyperluminous quasar APM 08279+5255[11] |
See also
References
- ↑ Robert H (Doc) Bryant. "Lumens, Illuminance, Foot-candles and bright shiny beads….". Theledlight.com. http://www.theledlight.com/lumens.html. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ↑ "Powerful Little Light: LED With 1,000 Lumens". Physorg.com. March 15, 2007. http://www.physorg.com/news93198212.html. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ↑ oee.nrcan.gc.ca - Lighting Reference Guide - Incandescent Lamps
- ↑ "Osram Dulux EL electronic energy-saving lamps" (pdf). Osram.dk. http://www.osram.dk/osram_dk/Professionelle/Brochurer_&_kataloger/Energispareprer_og_kompaktrr/e21_DULUX_EL_teknisk_guide.pdf. Retrieved Jan 4, 2009.
- ↑ "Conventional CFLs". Energy Federation Incorporated. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081014010312/http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/25_44_784. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ↑ "Edison-Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, FL.". Kilokat's Antique Light Bulb Site. Kilokat's Antique Light Bulb Site. http://www.bulbcollector.com/gateway/Collector_Profiles/Edison_Winter_Estates. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "About IMAX". The Henry Ford. The Henry Ford. http://www.thehenryford.org/imax/about.aspx. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ John P. Millis. "The Sun". About.com. http://space.about.com/od/sunsol/a/The-Sun.htm. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "Maximum Efficiency of White Light". http://physics.ucsd.edu/~tmurphy/papers/lumens-per-watt.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
- ↑ "The absolute magnitude of some galactic Wolf-Rayet stars". http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1965Obs....85..196G/0000197.000.html. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ↑ "APM 08279+5255: An Ultraluminous Broad Absorption Line Quasar at a Redshift z = 3.87". The Astrophysical Journal. http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/505/2/529/fulltext/38371.text.html. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
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