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OCR: APPARENT MAGNITUDE ........................................ BRIGHTNESS IS the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (at any or all wavelengths) from a source. Apparent magnitude is a measure of apparent brightness, which is the visible-light brightness of a celestial object observed from Earth, depending on both the distance of the object and its actual or true brightness.