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That is called "absolute brightness" or "absolute magnitude". It is defined as how bright a star would look at a standard distance (10 parsec, to be precise). The brightness of stars can vary a lot; some stars (supergiants) are millions of times as bright as our Sun, others (red dwarves) are thousands of times less bright. (Our Sun is in the top 10 percentile, though.)
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What do you call two revolving stars of unequal brightness?
Two stars revolving around one another (around their center of mass, to be precise) are called a "binary star". There is no special name for the case that the brightness is unequal; this is actually the usual case.
Define standard candle as it is used in astronomy?
A "standard candle" in astronomy is an object whose luminosity (its true brightness, not just how bright it seems to us) can be estimated, based on characteristics of that type of object. Then its distance can be estimated from its "apparent magnitude". The stars called "Cepheid variables" are a good example. The rate at which their brightness varies is closely linked to their luminosity.
Why do you think there are so few dwarf stars among the twenty with the highest apparent brightness?
Probably because they are the closet to us!
A star's brightness is the brightness seen by humans on Earth. A star's brightness is its actual brightness and does not depend on where the star is viewed from.?
The brightness as seen from Earth is called the "apparent magnitude".The real brightness (defined as the apparent brightness, as seen from a standard distance) is called the "absolute magnitude".
What the relationship between magnitude and size of the star?
The brightness of a star depends on its temperature, size and distance from the earth. The measure of a star's brightness is called its magnitude. Bright stars are first magnitude stars. Second magnitude stars are dimmer. The larger the magnitude number, the dimmer is the star.The magnitude of stars may be apparent or absolute.
Do stars have the same brightness and sizes?
No. Stars vary greatly in size and brightness.
Which two groups of stars can have similar brightness?
Variable stars and main sequence stars can have similar brightness. Variable stars, like Cepheid variables, can fluctuate in brightness over time, while main sequence stars maintain a relatively stable brightness due to their fusion processes.
What is a stars brightness known as?
A star's brightness is known as its magnitude. Stars with lower magnitude numbers are brighter than stars with a higher magnitude number.
Temperature and brightness of stars are indicated by what?
Temperature of stars is indicated by their color, with blue stars being hotter than red stars. Brightness of stars is indicated by their luminosity, which is how much light a star emits.
Is shape affects the brightness of the stars?
no
What is the measure of a stars brightness?
Magnitude.
In main-sequence stars how does brightness relate to temperature?
The brightness is very similar to the temperature, the brightness relies on the temperature
What determines how bright stars are?
Size and temperature determine the brightness of stars.
Stars that can change their brightness?
the moon can vary its brightness and the pink elephant called aphadophalis
The temperature and brightness of stars are indicated by?
its color :)
What is the temperature and brightness of stars indicated by?
color
What does the brightness of the stars make impossible to do?
DONNY
