Comment by thunts7 on 20/07/2022 at 21:37 UTC

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A star or supernova of known brightness. Basically based on characteristics we can tell what type of thing it is and that this is always a certain brightness and then we can go well if it should be this bright at whatever distance then the fact that it's only this bright means it's this far away

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Comment by ThoughtCenter87 at 20/07/2022 at 22:36 UTC

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Thank you!