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a star's brightness if it were a standard distance from earth is its apparent brightness true or false

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I believe that it is false

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User Kemzie
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This is false. Absolute brightness is the term used to describe how bright a star would look if it were a standard distance from Earth. Apparent brightness is how bright it would look as far as it currently is from Earth. Hope this was helpful!

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