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April 21st 08, 09:51 PM
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Another parallax question
This one involving magnitude:
If a star has a parallax of 0.1 seconds of arc, and an apparent magnitude of 3, what is its absolute magnitude? Apparently the answer is 3, but I have no idea why. Can anyone show the simple work? Many thanks. 
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