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What makes white-dwarf supernovae very good standard candles for distance measurements?
 
  A) They are very bright, so they can be used to determine the distances to galaxies billions of light-years away.
  B) They should all have approximately the same luminosity.
  C) They occur so frequently that we can use them to measure the distances to virtually all galaxies.
  D) We have had several occur close to us in the Milky Way, so we have been able to determine their luminosities very accurately.
  E) both A and B

Question 2

Photography with film is still the preferred way of capturing fine detail in the faintest, most distant galaxies.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

FALSE



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