If a star's absolute magnitude value is significantly larger than its apparent magnitude value (Mv>mv), what can you conclude about the star?

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If a star's absolute magnitude value is significantly larger than its apparent magnitude value (Mv>mv), what can you conclude about the star? 

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Absolute magnitude Mv:

The magnitude that a star is expected to have if it were at a distance of 10 parsecs from the Earth's is the absolute magnitude of a star.

Apparent magnitude mv:

The magnitude of a star as seen from Earth is called the apparent magnitude. 

The absolute and apparent magnitudes of a star are related as:

mv - Mv = 5logd/10                                                                (1)

where d is the actual distance of the star from Earth measured in parsecs.

 

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