(please correct if i am wrong)
A bright star will have a negative number for its absolute magnitude (brightness)
A. true
B. false
Brightness of stars is assigned a number starting with the brightest star starting at about -1 magnitude. Dimmer stars are zero or positive numbers. The larger the number means the dimmer the star is. For example, a star -1 magnitude is brighter than a star 0 magnitude.
B. false
The statement is incorrect. A bright star will have a smaller, positive number for its absolute magnitude. The absolute magnitude of a star is a measure of its intrinsic brightness, or how bright it appears from a standard distance of 10 parsecs (32.6 light-years) away. The lower the absolute magnitude, the brighter the star. The brightest stars in the sky have absolute magnitudes close to 0 or even negative values.