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Absolute Brightness: How bright a star appears at a certain distance.

Apparent Brightness: The brightness of a star as seen from Earth.

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What is similarities between apparent brightness and absolute brightness?

Both relate to brightness; both are measured in the same units; both are used for astronomical objects such as stars or galaxies.


What two factor affect a stars apparent brightness?

Two factors that affect a star's apparent brightness are: 1.) The distance between the Earth and the star 2.) The absolute magnitude (the actual brightness) of the star Hope that helps :P


What is different shape between apparent and absolute magnitude of stars?

This has nothing to do with shape. The apparent magnitude means how bright a star looks to us. The absolute magnitude means how bright the star really is (expressed as: how bright would it look at a standard distance).


What is the difference between a star's brightness and luminosity?

The difference between apparent brightness and luminosity is that apparent brightness means that a star may appear to be bright, but only looks bright because of the relatively closeness a star is to earth. Luminosity is used by astronomers and refers to the power output of a star. Apparent Brightness means a star may appear to be very bright but only look that way because it is relatively close to Earth. Luminosity just refers to the power output of a star.


What is the difference between a star's luminosity and brightness?

The difference between apparent brightness and luminosity is that apparent brightness means that a star may appear to be bright, but only looks bright because of the relatively closeness a star is to earth. Luminosity is used by astronomers and refers to the power output of a star. Apparent Brightness means a star may appear to be very bright but only look that way because it is relatively close to Earth. Luminosity just refers to the power output of a star.


What is difference between apparent brightness and true brightness?

Apparent brightness: how bright an object - such as a star - looks to us. True brightness: how bright such an object really is. Defined as: how bright it would look at a standard distance.


What are the relationships between apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude?

Apparent magnitude is the brightness of an object as seen from Earth without any atmosphere.Absolute magnitude is the brightness of an object as seen from a predetermined distance, depending on the object.For planets, the distance used is 1 AU (Astronomical Units). Stars and galaxies use 10 parsecs which is about 32.616 light years.The dimmer an object is the higher the positive value. The brighter an object is the higher the negative value.Examples:The Sun has an apparent magnitude of -26.74 but an absolute magnitude of 4.83Sirius has an apparent magnitude of -1.46 but an absolute magnitude of -1.42This means that from Earth, the Sun is a lot brighter, but if the Sun was replaced by Sirius, Sirius would be 25 times more luminous.See related links for more information


How do you measure the distance to a cepheid?

Cepheids have a certain relationship between their period, and their absolute luminosity. Thus, their absolute luminosity can be determined. Comparing this with their apparent luminosity allows us to calculate their distance.Cepheids have a certain relationship between their period, and their absolute luminosity. Thus, their absolute luminosity can be determined. Comparing this with their apparent luminosity allows us to calculate their distance.Cepheids have a certain relationship between their period, and their absolute luminosity. Thus, their absolute luminosity can be determined. Comparing this with their apparent luminosity allows us to calculate their distance.Cepheids have a certain relationship between their period, and their absolute luminosity. Thus, their absolute luminosity can be determined. Comparing this with their apparent luminosity allows us to calculate their distance.


The true brightness of a star is called its BLANK magnitude?

The scale of star brightness is the 'magnitude'. The definition of the magnitude is: A change of six magnitudes equals a factor of 100. So one magnitude change is a factor equal to the 6th root of 100 = about 2.15443 (rounded)


If the distance between us and a star is doubled the apparent brightness is decreased by a factor of four true or false?

True. The apparent brightness of a star is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the star and the observer. So if the distance is doubled, the apparent brightness will decrease by a factor of four.


What is the difference between apparent magnitude and surface magnitude?

The two types are apparent magnitude, the magnitude of a star as it appears to us, and absolute magnitude, which is what a star's apparent magnitude would be at a standard distance of ten parsecs.


What is the magnitude of the sun?

The apparent magnitude of the Sun is -26.73. (Yes negative)The absolute magnitude of the Sun is 4.83See related question for the difference between absolute and apparent magnitude.For comparison at maximum brightness.Full Moon -12.6Venus -3.8Mars - 3Sirius -1.47Ganymede 4.6Object visible with the naked eye 6.5