Question

What makes apparent magnitude different from absolute brightness? Give an example in your response.

~~~There wasn't just 'science' for a subject so i just put biology

Answer 1

apparent magnitude
the magnitude of a star as it appears to an observer on the earth. and absolute brightness is the apparent brightness a star would have if it were placed at a standard distance of 10 parsecs from Earth

ex of apparent magnitude.
The comet of 1652, so carefully observed by Hevelius, almost equaled themoon in apparent magnitude.

sorry i dont have an example of absolute brightness

Answer 2

Apparent magnitude is the brightness of a celestial object in space as it is measured from earth, while Absolute brightness is The total amount of energy emitted from this celestial object in space. For example if you were to shine a flashlight at a distant tree but cannot see much light then the flashlight would have low apparent magnitude. Now if you touched the flashlight and it was hot then it would have high Absolute brightness or vise versa.

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