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student77

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Two stars have apparent magnitudes of 0 and 5. If both stars are 117 parsecs away, which star is intrinsically brighter and by what factor is it brighter than the other?
 
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After a supernova explosion, the remains of the stellar core
 
  A) will always be a neutron star.
  B) be either a neutron star or a black hole.
  C) will always be a black hole.
  D) may be either a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Since both stars are at the same distance (it does not matter what the distance is), the magnitude 0 star is the brightest. It is intrinsically 100 times brighter than the magnitude 5 star because 5 magnitudes is always a factor of 100 in intrinsic brightness.

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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