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Convert visual mags/arcsecond² to cd/m²

Using the formula:
[value in cd/m2] = 10.8×104 × 10(-0.4*[value in mag/arcsec2])

OpenOffice formula: =108000*POWER(10;(-0.4*mags))
MS-Excel formula: =108000*POWER(10,(-0.4*mags))
  Where mags is the cellname that contains the mag/arcsec2 reading.

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