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The numeric value of the apparent magnitude would increase, since bright objects have lower magnitude values than dim objects.

To give some actual numbers as an example: the Sun has an apparent magnitude of about -27. It is much, much brighter than the moon, which at its brightest has an apparent magnitude of -13 or so.

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If two stars have the same absolute magnitude but one of the stars is farther from earth than the other one which star would appear brighter in the night sky?

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Which changes would changes would correspond to a decrease in a star's absolute brightness?

A decrease in a star's absolute brightness could be caused by the star moving farther away from Earth, interstellar dust blocking some of its light, or a decrease in the star's temperature. All of these factors would result in less light reaching Earth, causing a decrease in the star's apparent brightness.


Even though this star has an absolute magnitude greater than that of sirius it looks dimmer from earth since its 100 times farther away?

The star's absolute magnitude is a measure of its intrinsic brightness. Sirius appears brighter from Earth than a star with a greater absolute magnitude because Sirius is closer to us, which affects its apparent brightness. The star with the greater absolute magnitude might be intrinsically brighter but is much farther away, leading to its fainter appearance from Earth.


What is higher for closer stars?

If they had the same intrinsic brightness, then yes. However stars vary enormously in their intrisic brightness, so Deneb is distant, but one of the brightest stars in the Northern sky, whereas proxima centuri is the closest star to us, but so dim that it cannot be seen without a mid-size telescope.

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The apparent magnitude is how bright the star appears to us, but stars are all at different distances so that a star that is really bright might look dim because it is very far away. So the absolute magnitude measures how bright the star would look if it was placed at a standard distance of 10 parsecs. When the absolute magnitude is greater than the apparent magnitude, it just means that it is closer than 10 pc. The brightest stars have absolute magnitudes around -7.


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If two stars have the same absolute magnitude but one of the stars is farther from earth than the other one which star would appear brighter in the night sky?

If two stars have the same absolute magnitude, the one that is closer to Earth will appear brighter in the night sky. This is because brightness as perceived from Earth depends on both the intrinsic luminosity of the star (absolute magnitude) and its distance from us. The farther star, despite having the same intrinsic brightness, will have a dimmer apparent magnitude due to the greater distance light must travel to reach us.


Which changes would changes would correspond to a decrease in a star's absolute brightness?

A decrease in a star's absolute brightness could be caused by the star moving farther away from Earth, interstellar dust blocking some of its light, or a decrease in the star's temperature. All of these factors would result in less light reaching Earth, causing a decrease in the star's apparent brightness.


Even though this star has an absolute magnitude greater than that of sirius it looks dimmer from earth since its 100 times farther away?

The star's absolute magnitude is a measure of its intrinsic brightness. Sirius appears brighter from Earth than a star with a greater absolute magnitude because Sirius is closer to us, which affects its apparent brightness. The star with the greater absolute magnitude might be intrinsically brighter but is much farther away, leading to its fainter appearance from Earth.


What is higher for closer stars?

If they had the same intrinsic brightness, then yes. However stars vary enormously in their intrisic brightness, so Deneb is distant, but one of the brightest stars in the Northern sky, whereas proxima centuri is the closest star to us, but so dim that it cannot be seen without a mid-size telescope.


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