Orders of magnitude (luminous flux)
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 |
| 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. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ↑ "Powerful Little Light: LED With 1,000 Lumens". Physorg.com. March 15, 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ↑ oee.nrcan.gc.ca - Lighting Reference Guide - Incandescent Lamps
- ↑ "Osram Dulux EL electronic energy-saving lamps" (pdf). Osram.dk. Retrieved Jan 4, 2009.
- ↑ "Conventional CFLs". Energy Federation Incorporated. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ↑ "Edison-Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, FL.". Kilokat's Antique Light Bulb Site. Kilokat's Antique Light Bulb Site. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "About IMAX". The Henry Ford. The Henry Ford. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ John P. Millis. "The Sun". About.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "Maximum Efficiency of White Light" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-07-31.
- ↑ "The absolute magnitude of some galactic Wolf-Rayet stars". Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ↑ MICHAEL J. IRWIN; RODRIGO A. IBATA; GERAINT F. LEWIS & EDWARD J. TOTTEN. "APM 08279+5255: An Ultraluminous Broad Absorption Line Quasar at a Redshift z = 3.87". The Astrophysical Journal. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
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