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Describe how greater distance affects the appearance of an object’s size and brightness

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Distance also affects the apparent brightness of an object. A distant, but very energetic star can appear dimmer to us than a lower-energy, but closer one. ... Each of their effective temperatures results in a different brightness for the object. The quasar, however, is very far away, and so appears dim.

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