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relative "brightness" is based on distance, size, and temperature
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Do stars have the same brightness and sizes?
No. Stars vary greatly in size and brightness.
What is a stars brightness known as?
A star's brightness is known as its magnitude. Stars with lower magnitude numbers are brighter than stars with a higher magnitude number.
Temperature and brightness of stars are indicated by what?
by me and you
What is a stars apparent magnitude?
a stars brightness as seen from Earth
What indicates a stars temperature and brightness?
its color
Is shape affects the brightness of the stars?
no
Do stars have the same brightness and sizes?
No. Stars vary greatly in size and brightness.
What is a stars brightness known as?
A star's brightness is known as its magnitude. Stars with lower magnitude numbers are brighter than stars with a higher magnitude number.
What affects absolute brightness?
Brightness corresponds to amplitude of waves. Greater amplitude means greater brightness (so lower amplitude means less brightness).
What is the measure of a stars brightness?
Magnitude.
Temperature and brightness of stars are indicated by what?
by me and you
In main-sequence stars how does brightness relate to temperature?
The brightness is very similar to the temperature, the brightness relies on the temperature
What determines how bright stars are?
Size and temperature determine the brightness of stars.
What is a stars apparent magnitude?
a stars brightness as seen from Earth
Stars that can change their brightness?
the moon can vary its brightness and the pink elephant called aphadophalis
What the measure of a stars brightness called?
The measure of a star's brightness is its magnitude. A star's brightness as it appears from Earth is called its Apparent Magnitude.Star's brightness is measured by there magnitude.
The temperature and brightness of stars are indicated by?
its color :)
