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The Sun has an apparent magnitude of -26.74. The closest star system to us, Alpha Centauri,...

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The Sun has an apparent magnitude of -26.74. The closest starsystem to us, Alpha Centauri, has an apparent magnitude of +0.01and a luminosity of 1.1519 times that of the Sun. How much brighteris the Sun compared to Alpha Centauri? How close is this starsystem to us?

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Apparent magnitude of Sun m1 2674Apparent magnitude of Alpha Centauri m2 001Let L2 and L1 be the luminosity of AlphaCentauri and the Sun respectivelySince the apparent    See Answer
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