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If the intrinsically brightest stars in our sky have absolute magnitudes of –10, how bright (in terms of total energy output per second) are these stars compared to that of our Sun, whose absolute magnitude is + 4.8?
A)   About 14.8 times brighter
B)   About 800,000 times brighter
C)   About 8000 times brighter
D)   About 1015, or 1,000,000,000,000,000, times brighter
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Smart ... Thanks!
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