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A disproportional percentage of the stars one sees at night are the giants, as many closer dwarf stars have dimmed out before their realtively feeble light reaches the Earth. If all the stars were the small distance away, the brightest would be Deneb, in the constellation of Cygnus.

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That's the number called the star's "Absolute Magnitude".That is called the star's "absolute magnitude".


How does the apparent-magnituede of a star differ from it absolute magnitude?

Absolute magnitude is how bright a star is. Apparent magnitude is how bright it looks to us (on Earth).


A star might be much brighter than it appears to be. This is called the star's absolute magnitude. The difference in apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude is due primarily to the star's -?

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What distance is the absolute magnitude and the apparent magnitude of a star would be equal if the star is seen at?

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What is difference in a star's apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude caused by?

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That's called the star's absolute magnitude.


Does the absolute magnitude of the sun show that it is the brightest star?

No. The sun has an absolute magnitude of 4.83. By comparison, Betelgeuse has an absolute magnitude of -5.85. Lower numbers indicate a brighter star. In this case Betelgeuse is actually several thousand times brighter than the sun. The sun is the brightest star as measure by apparent magnitude, which is how bright a star looks from a given location and depends on both absolute magnitude and distance.


How does apparent magnitude of a star differ from absolute magnitude?

Apparent magnitude is the brightness as observed from earth, while absolute magnitude is the brightness of a star at a set distance. The apparent magnitude considers the stars actual brightness as well as it's distance from us, but absolute magnitude takes the distance factor out so that star brightnesses can be directly compared.


Is the star's apparent magnitude the intrinsic property of a star?

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