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The absolute magnitude of a star________.


describes its actual brightness

describes how bright the star looks from earth

changes according to the observer’s location on earth

is multiplies by the apparent magnitude to determine distance

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The absolute magnitude of a star is how bright it would appear to us
if it were located ten parsecs (about 32.6 light years) from us.  So it's
a way of treating all stars equally ... on a "level playing field" ... and it
describes each star's actual brightness.

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