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Extra Questions Stellar properties 1.A certain type of variable star is known to have an absolute magnitude of 0.0. Such stars are observed in a particular star cluster to have an average magnitude of +16.0 What is the distance to that star cluster. 2 The star Procyon in Canis Major is a prominent star in the winter sky because its apparent magnitude is +0.37. It is one of the nearest stars being only 3.52 parsecs from Earth. What is the absolute magnitude of Procyon? How many times brighter or dimmer than the Sun is it? 3 Barnard’s star, the star with the largest known proper motion in the skjy can be seen only with a telescope because its apparent magnitude is +9.54. Its distance from Earth is 1.81 parsecs. How much closer to Earth would it have to be in order to be visible to the naked eye? Suppose two stars have the same apparent magnitude but one is ten times further away than the other. What is the difference is their absolute magnitude? The bright star Rigel has a temperature three times that of the Sun and its luminosity is 64000 times that of the Sun. What is Rigel’s radius compared to the Sun? The Bright Star Capella (α Aur) has a spectral type of G8 and an absolute magnitude of 0.7. What are the star’s surface temperature, diameter and luminosity? What is the distance to Regulus (α Leo) a B7V star whose apparent magnitude is 1.35?