How Many Times Brighter Than a Magnitude +4

question 192

Multiple Choice

How many times brighter than a magnitude +4.0 star is a magnitude +3.0 star?

• A) 100 times brighter
• B) twice as bright
• C) a factor of 4/3, or 1.333 times, brighter
• D) 2.512 times brighter

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