To: ETL
It should be mentioned that many constellations are made up of stars that are nowhere near each other, except from our perspective.
21 posted on
03/05/2010 10:49:28 AM PST by
Erasmus
("Ah, sweet Albion. My perfidious, perfidious Albion!")
To: Erasmus
Yes, that’s true of constellations and many other background stars. An intrinsically brighter star farther away can have the same apparent brightness as a dimmer one much closer to home.
23 posted on
03/05/2010 10:59:09 AM PST by
ETL
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