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- The absolute magnitude is the magnitude of a celestial object if it was observed from a distance of 10 parsecs. The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is the brightness measured by an observer at a specific distance from the object.
- The distance magnitude formula is given by,
Here d is the distance to the celestial object, m is the apparent magnitude, and M is the absolute magnitude.
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- 12 Suppose that you measure the parallax angle for a particular star to be 0.5 arcsecond. The distance to this star is A) 2 parsecs. B C 0.5 parsec. E 5 light-years. (D) 5 parsecs. 0.5 light-year.As seen from earth the sun has an apparent magnitude and of about -26.7 what is the apparent magnitude of the sun as eeen from Saturn about 10AU away?6) Estimate the distance to the star with absolute magnitude -5.6 and apparent magnitude 0.75