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)
Magnitude. The degree of brightness of a star or other object in the sky according to a scale on which the brightest star has a magnitude -1.4 and the faintest visible star has magnitude 6. Sometimes referred to as apparent magnitude. In this scale, each number is 2.5 times the brightness of the previous number. Thus a star with a magnitude of 1 is 100 times brighter than on with a visual magnitude of 6.