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📅 NSB 2014🎓 HS🔄 Round 14#️⃣ Q1🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Sirius is the brightest star in the sky at night, with an apparent magnitude of about -1, and the Sun is the brightest star in the sky during the day, with an apparent magnitude of about -26. Expressing your answer as a power of 10, approximately how many times as bright does the Sun appear in the sky compared to Sirius?

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