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Quasars are among the brightest objects in the universe and are intrinsically far, far brighter than stars, though the one which appears brightest to us on Earth (3C 273, a quasar in the constellation of Virgo) is so far away (about two and a half billion light years) that it cannot be seen without a telescope. 3C 273 is actually two trillion times as bright as the Sun and is in fact about a hundred times brighter than the entire Milky Way galaxy. We do think that quasars involve supermassive black holes, but what we see is not the black hole itself (which is, well, black and therefore invisible) but its accretion disc.
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∙ 9y agoThere are many stars that are brighter than the sun.
Deneb shines the brightest in the constellation Cygnus and is much farther from Earth than most of the other stars you see. Deneb is about 100,000 times brighter than the Sun.
HR 5171, has a diameter 1,300 times the sun and is a million times brighter than the sun.
R136a1 weighs up to 300 times the mass of the Sun and is close to 10 million times brighter than the sun.
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∙ 9y agoImmeasurably more brilliant. A quasar (quasi-stellar radio source) is as bright as some entire GALAXIES.
We believe that a quasar is an actively-expanding super-massive black hole, and that these black holes may exist in the centers of many or most large galaxies - including our own Milky Way.
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∙ 10y agoNo. The quasar itself - the part that emits intense radiation - is very small compared to the galaxy. This is obvious from the quick variations in intensity; this would not be possible if an entire galaxy were causing the quasar's radiation (because a typical galaxy is 100,000 light-years across, and there is no way it could be synchronized to produce such variations). Quasars are believed to be related to supermassive black holes in the center of galaxies.
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∙ 8y agoNo. A quasar is an object within a galaxy. A quasar may, however, be brighter than a galaxy.
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∙ 11y ago3C 273, is both the closest and the brightest that has been discovered to date.
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∙ 13y agoQuasars are much, much bigger than stars.
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Our Sun appears brighter than Alpha Centauri B because of its proximity to our point of view. We are much closer to our Sun then any other star which means that our Sun will be much brighter then everything else in the sky.
How much brighter is a Sun-like star than the reflected light from a planet orbiting around it?
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The Sun is much, much closer to the Earth than any other star - eight light minutes vs. four light years for the next nearest star.
What would the sun look like from the furthermost planet in your solar system?
Not much bigger or brighter than the other stars in the sky
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100000000 times earths light
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Yes, in "absolute magnitude", Mizar is much brighter than the Sun.
How much brighter is quasar than the sun?
Immeasurably more brilliant. A quasar (quasi-stellar radio source) is as bright as some entire GALAXIES. We believe that a quasar is an actively-expanding super-massive black hole, and that these black holes may exist in the centers of many or most large galaxies - including our own Milky Way.
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The sun only appears brighter than other stars because it is much closer to us.
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Why does the sun look brighter than other stars?
Simple, even though the sun is dimmer then many stars, it is over a thousand times closer to the earth and thus is larger to us and brighter
What is the brighter than stars?
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About 85,000 times as bright!
Why is the moon brighter than the sun?
it isn't the sun is 450000 times brighter than the moon! no..
When was Brighter Than the Sun created?
Brighter Than the Sun was created on 2011-05-23.
Why does the sun appear bigger and brighter than the other stars?
The sun appears bigger and brighter than other stars because it is much closer to us than any other stars.
How many times brighter is the galaxy IRAS than the sun?
300,000,000,000,000 times brighter than the sun
