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what would be the apparent magnitude of a star, of a distance 4.82*10^6 AU, having an...

what would be the apparent magnitude of a star, of a distance 4.82*10^6 AU, having an absolute magnitude M=3.26 in the V band?

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We will use the relation between an absolute magnitude and apparent magnitude to solve this problem.

here in this formula star's distance is in parsecs

Given values are :

So using these values in equation (1)

So apparent magnitude of the star = 5.1031075

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