What are the apparent and bolometric magnitudes of the following:
(a) a solar-like star 100 pc away,
(b) a 100 Watt lightbulb 10 km away,
(c) a galaxy of 1010 solar-like stars 1 Mpc (1 mega-parsec = 106 pc) away,
(d) a quasar with bolometric luminosity Lbol = 1039 Joules/s 1 Gpc (1 giga-parsec = 109 pc) away. Note that 1 Watt = 1 Joule/s.
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