Output of the Sun: How many Lumens?

Aepoc

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Hey guys,

My roomate and I, both enlightened cpf users and flashlight enthusiests, were just discussing the output of the sun. We both have no idea where to begin with this kind of quiestion.

I was wondering if anybody else had any thoughts on this subject. How many lumens does the sun produce?

Also, obviously the sun has way more spill then throw, but i would like to hear your thoughts on possible lux readings as well.
 

JanCPF

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Pretty good runtime, but it needs a clicky. Nice color temp at 5700K too, very close to err... it self. :lolsign:
 
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gallagho

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Don't be soft DM51 take "LBV 1806-20" instead, it's up to 40 million times(!) brighter than the Sun, that might even satisfy some of the HID guys :laughing:
 
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NAW

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Phaserburn said:
Oh, yeah? The Sun is incandescent!! Take that, led lovers!

More like HID,

those Kelivn temperatures are way to high for an Incandescent. :grin2:
 
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