How does apparent magnitude differ from absolute magnitude?

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chandramohanPanakkal
Jul 29, 2016

Apparent magnitude of a star is the brightness we see from Earth.

Explanation:

But as this varies with distance astronomers use absolute magnitude as standard..That is the star as seen from a constant distance of 10 ,parsecs or 32.6 light years. Our Sun with visual magnitude of -26.7 will become 4.8 when looked from 10 parsecs away. So sun's absolute magnitudes e is 4.8.

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