Friday, February 10, 2012
How much brighter is the farther star?
Suppose you see two stars that have the same apprarent magnitude. If one star is actually four times as far away as the other, how much brighter is the farther star?How much brighter is the farther star?The farther star is 16 times more luminous as per the inverse-square law.How much brighter is the farther star?the blue one
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