What is the relationship between luminosity and magnitude in stars?

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In summary, the conversation discusses the concept of luminosity and magnitude of stars. Luminosity refers to the absolute brightness of a star, while magnitude is the apparent brightness to an observer on Earth. The two are the same when viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs. For more information, the person recommends checking out a specific webpage.
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hi,i'm a first year student that undergoing an astrophysics and cosmology course in university currently.i'm quite understand the luminosity and magniude of a star.can anybody help me to understand it?THANKS for your generasity.
 
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Luminosity is the absolute brightness of a star whereas magnitude is the apparent brightness of a star to a fixed observer [earth being the nearest popular fixed location]. The absolute and apparent brightness are the same when the star in question is viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs. For more info see
http://blueox.uoregon.edu/~jimbrau/astr122/Notes/Chapter17.html#lum
 
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Thanks,Chronos.
 

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