How Would Astronomers,ancient or Modern,use a "Standard Candle

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Multiple Choice

How would astronomers,ancient or modern,use a "standard candle"?

• A) They would use its faint light to illuminate the setting dials of their telescopes.
• B) They would use it to measure time,using its slow but steady melting.
• C) They would use it to generate a known and extremely reproducible standard spectrum for comparison with stellar spectra.
• D) They would measure distance by comparing its apparent brightness with its known absolute brightness.

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