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Question: Why are some stars bright and other dim?
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Jack Reid answered on 5 Oct 2022:
Different stars are often of different types. Some, like our Sun (G-type), are medium-sized and yellow. Others are much larger and strongly red. Some are small, and blue-ish. As well as different sizes, they are at different distances. Proxima centauri is the nearest to the Sun, and some are billions of light years away. As a result, some seem brighter, and others dimmer.
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