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Why does a star look brighter than the other stars in the night sky?
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∙ 11y ago
Stars seem brighter in open country for several reasons.
The main reason is light pollution. Light from street lights and the other trappings of urban living drown out the light from stars. A simple experiment to demonstrate this is to turn on a torch in a dark room at night and go outside and look in through the window. Now turn on the light in the room and go outside and look again. The second time u will not notice the torch light so much.
Other lesser factors are industrial pollution. Smoke, sulphur dioxide etc make the air less transparent and thus less star light gets through. Shine a torch through a fish tank filled only with water. Then repeat but add some milk into the tank. The second time the torch will be noticeably dimmer.
Also heat "pollution". Urban areas maintain heat at night more than non urban areas. This causes the air above it to move more and thus the stars shimmer in the heat haze. Less bright stars seem to melt into the background.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoAstronomy is not my comfort zone but I'm sure the size matters. Also, the distance can make a star bright less. There is different kind of stars. For example we got the blue stars. One thing is for sure, once the star explodes, it shines no more after the explosion. That is called supernova.
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∙ 12y agoWiki User
∙ 11y agoBecause some stars are closer or bigger than others.
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∙ 9y agoA stars apparent brightness depends on a combination of its proximity and luminosity.
A distant very bright star may appear less bright than a nearby comparatively dim star.
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Why do billions of stars appear as big patches of light in the night sky?
Because the stars emit light. The closer they are, the brighter. Also planets reflect the light off of the stars, so they also look like stars.
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
When look up at the stars at night they seem very close to earth is this accurate?
When you look at the stars at night, you can't really tell how distant they are. They can easily seem to be closer than they really are.
Why must astronmers figure out a star's distance to calculate it's actual brightness?
For the same real brightness, at a larger distance it would look less bright. On the other hand, you may have two stars that look like they are the same brightness, but one might be million times brighter (in real brightness) than the other - which would be compensated by the fact that the brighter star is a thousand times farther away.
Does the sun look like any other star on Pluto?
It would be no brighter than some planets as seen from Earth : brighter than the other stars but not much larger. Since Pluto is so far away from the sun (at a average distance of 3,670,050,000 miles), the sun would look much dimmer and smaller that it does from here on Earth. From Pluto, the sun would look like a very bright star and would light up Pluto during the day about as much as the full moon lights up Earth at night.
Why do some stars so much larger and brighter than other stars when you look into the night sky?
because the sizes and the distances away from earth are different
Why does the sun look bigger and brighter than all the other stars?
It is the closest star to us and that is why it looks bigger and brighter.
Why do stars appear larger in the night sky?
When there is little light like during night time, we can see the stars more clearly. This makes them look brighter and hence, larger.
Is Polaris brighter than other stars?
Look up in the sky and you will see. Polaris is actually quite dim, compared to other stars and planets. Even at it's dimmest, Mars is brighter than Polaris.
Why do billions of stars appear as big patches of the night sky?
Those stars are too far away for us to see them individually, but their combined light makes part of the night sky look brighter.
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
Why do billions of stars appear as big patches of light in the night sky?
Because the stars emit light. The closer they are, the brighter. Also planets reflect the light off of the stars, so they also look like stars.
Why does the sun look very much bigger and brighter than other star?
Because it is closer to us than other stars.
What is an instrument that makes stars look brighter and closer?
a teliscope
Why does the moon look brighter than the stars?
moon is too nearer to earth than stars
Why other stars than the Sun are seen only at night and not during daytime?
The illumination of the sky during daylight is much brighter than that of most stars. But, if you know EXACTLY where to look, you can (with your eyes or a telescope) see some bright stars during parts of the day when the Sun is not too high in the sky.
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
