A star has a high apparent magnitude and a low absolute magnitude. This star is likely
A. close to Earth
B. very far from Earth
C. very far from Earth and small in size

Question

A star has a high apparent magnitude and a low absolute magnitude. This star is likely
A. close to Earth	
B. very far from Earth	
C. very far from Earth and small in size

anonymous · Answer

B - I am uncertain, but I do not believe you can tell the size simply by apparent magnitude.

anonymous · Answer

Though I am quite certain it will be very far from earth.

anonymous · Answer

close to the earth....  absolute magnitude is its brightness at a distance of 10 parsecs. If it appears very bright, but has a low absolute magnitude, it must be much closer than 10 parsecs

anonymous · Answer

The question asked for apparent magnitude though - and the general rule is that the larger the value for apparent magnitude, the farther it is from Earth.

anonymous · Answer

http://www.tristateastronomers.org/magnitude.html This website is great it's where I got the definitions "Absolute Magnitude is how bright a star ACTUALLY is"....And "Apparant Magnitude is how bright is appears on earth to the human eye"