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How bright is the sun?

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The Sun's intrinsic brightness or luminosity can be defined on two scales.

How bright does it appear from Earth in relation to other objects. - Apparent magnitude.
How bright does it appear if viewed from the same distance as other objects - Absolute magnitude.

The Suns Apparent magnitude is -26.74 (Yes negative) whilst it's absolute magnitude is 4.83.

This means that the Sun is around 450,000 times brighter than the moon (an apparent magnitude of -12) , but from Neptune the Sun is -20. So the Sun is brighter on Neptune than the Moon is from Earth.

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