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Scale That Allows For The Comparison Of Star Brightness Regardless Of Distance

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• (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth

30%15 His work on the measurement of a star's parallax provided the first calculation of a star's distance from Earth
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• German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846)

30%13 Relating to the comparison of the brightness or magnitude of stars
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