If you look out at the night sky,the number of stars with:
A) each magnitude (first, second, etc.) is about the same.
B) smaller magnitude numbers is much larger than the number of stars with larger magnitude numbers.
C) larger magnitude numbers is much larger than the number of stars with smaller magnitude numbers.
D) magnitudes around 3 is larger than either the number with magnitudes around 2 or the number with magnitudes around 4.

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The magnitude scale is logarithmic and inversely related to brightness; thus, there are more stars with larger magnitude numbers (fainter stars) than with smaller magnitude numbers (brighter stars).

If You Look Out at the Night Sky,the Number of Stars