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OCR: ABSOLUTE ...................... .. ...... .... . . . .. . . MAGNITUDE ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE IS the magnitude (visible-light brightness) that a celestial object would have if it were observed at a standard distance of 32.6 light years. Absolute magnitude differs from apparent magnitude, which is a measure of how bright an object looks to an observer on the Earth.