A star has a parallax angle of 0.0270 arcseconds and an apparent magnitude of 4.641. The distance to this star is 37.03 parsecs and the absolute magintude is 1.79. 18: What is the luminosity of this star? (HINT: The luminosity of the Sun is 3.85×1026 W.)

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A star has a parallax angle of 0.0270 arcseconds and an apparent magnitude of 4.641. The distance to this star is 37.03 parsecs and the absolute magintude is 1.79.

18: What is the luminosity of this star? (HINT: The luminosity of the Sun is 3.85×1026 W.)

 

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