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There are probably hundreds, or thousands, of stars at approximately that distance.
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What star has an absolute magnitude greater than that of Sirius's it looks dimmer from Earth since it's 100 times farther away?
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What star looks dimmest from earth?
What star even tho this star has an absolute magnitude greater than that of Sirius it looks dimmer from earth since it's 100 times farther away
Which star has the less absolute magnitude rigel or Sirius?
Sirius has less absolute magnitude than Rigel. Sirius is smaller and less luminous than Rigel, but much closer to us, so Sirius appears brighter. Sirius, in fact, is the brightest star in our sky (with the exception of our own star, the sun.) Rigel is still pretty bright, but many times farther away from us than Sirius.
Is the north star brighter than Sirius?
No. Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Polaris is much farther down the list.
What happens to the brightness of the star as you observe it from farther away?
The brightness of star will decrease as you observe it from farther away.
What happen to the brightness of a star as you observe it from farther away?
The brightness of star will decrease as you observe it from farther away.
Is one star is between the earth and the moon?
No. The moon is the closest astronomical object to Earth. The closest star to Earth is the sun, which is about 400 times farther away than the moon. The next nearest star is more than 260,000 times farther away than the sun.
What star is the brightest one?
The brightest star of all stars is Sirius, the Dog Star. It is more than three times the size of our sun; and is about nine light years away. Sirius is seen best in early March, in the southern sky.
Even though this star has an absolute magnitude greater than that of sirius it looks dimmer from earth since its 100 times farther away?
Rigel has a greater absolute magnitude than Sirius but apears dimmer from Earth do to the farther distance the light waves must travel through space (just a little more information : ), but there are probably alot more stars around that distance
Is the sirius star 10 times bigger then the sun?
No. In terms of diameter Sirius is 1.7 times the size of the sun.
How is the star Polaris compared to that of the star Sirius?
Sirius is the brightest star...Polaris is bigger then Sirius, Polaris is 360 to 820 light years away from earth, and Sirius is only 8.6 light years away. The Sirius star is known as the dog constalation, The polaris star is found at the tip and corner of the big dipper and the little dipper
How many miles is it from Earth to the star Sirius?
Sirius is about 8.6 light years away which works out to about 50,600,000,000,000 (50.6 trillion) miles away.
