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How do the temperatures and luminosities of the brightest stars in the sky compare to the temperatures and luminosities of the nearest stars

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Answer:

The brightest stars are hotter.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hotness of a star depends on a host of things such as the size of the star itself, or say, it's mass. This then goes forward to affect its brightness and even its color.

The luminosity of a star also depends in its radius and its hotness, or more succinctly, it's surface temperature.

The temperature of a star can be gotten from its spectrum. It's color also is a contributing factor too. All in all, when we compare the brightest star to the nearest stars, we find that the brightest stars are hotter

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