Venus can be as bright as apparent magnitude -4.7 when at a distance of about 1AU. How many times fainter would Venus look from a distance of 7pc? Assume Venus has the same illumination phase from your new vantage point. (Hint: Recall the inverse square law; also, review the definition of apparent visual magnitudes. Note: 1 pc = 2.1 x 10^5 AU _______ times fainter  what would it's apparently magnitude be?

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Venus can be as bright as apparent magnitude -4.7 when at a distance of about 1AU. How many times fainter would Venus look from a distance of 7pc? Assume Venus has the same illumination phase from your new vantage point. (Hint: Recall the inverse square law; also, review the definition of apparent visual magnitudes. Note: 1 pc = 2.1 x 10^5 AU

_______ times fainter 

what would it's apparently magnitude be? 
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