The war during the twentieth century, between the Sudan People's Liberation Army and the government of Sudan has had a devastating effect on the entire community. The Ayual community has been adversely affected socially, politically, economically, emotionally, physically and educationally. In 2004, ACDA established Pongborong Primary School, which served 300 students. With the support of ACDA, the school has grown to serve approximately 800 students in grades one through eight.
â¢ ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE (noun) The noun ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE has 1 sense: 1. (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth. Familiarity information: ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE used as a noun is very rare. Dictionary entry details. â¢ ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE (noun)
Absolute magnitude measures the intrinsic brightness of a celestial object rather than how bright it appears on Earth, using the same logarithmic scale as for apparent magnitude. Sirius has an absolute magnitude of 1.5, considerably dimmer than Rigel which, though its apparent magnitude is 0.12, has an absolute magnitude of -8.1. Stars that appear dim in the night sky but have bright absolute magnitudes are much farther from Earth than stars that shine brightly at night but have relatively dim absolute magnitudes.