When Observers Look Out at the Night Sky, the Number

question 130

Multiple Choice

When observers look out at the night sky, the number of stars with

• A) each magnitude (first, second, etc.) is about the same.
• B) smaller magnitude numbers is much larger than the number of stars with larger magnitude numbers.
• C) larger magnitude numbers is much larger than the number of stars with smaller magnitude numbers.
• D) magnitudes around 3 is larger than either the number with magnitudes around 2 or the number with magnitudes around 4.

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