Question

Using a good pair of binoculars, you observe a section of the sky where there are stars of many different apparent brightnesses. You find one star that appears especially dim. This star looks dim because it is:_______.

Answer 1

Answer:

Farther,

Because the stars are far from one another

Explanation:

The star look dim because a star's brightness also depends on its proximity to us. The more distant an object is, the dimmer it appears.

The sun appears very bright to us because it is closer to us, the sun distance from the earth is one light year which is around 92,955,807 miles. Now the closest star to the earth is 4.22 light-years, which is four times that of the sun and so it slowly spread out over time.

Therefore, if two objects have the same level of brightness, but one is farther away, the closer star will appear brighter than the more distant star - even though they are equally bright!

The same applies to star.