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If the Sun Were to Be at or Close to the Galactic

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If the Sun were to be at or close to the galactic center of the Milky Way, the intensity of starlight in the nighttime sky on Earth would be


A) very much fainter than at present because neighboring stars would be obscured by dense dust and gas clouds.
B) about the same as it is now since neighboring stars would still be relatively far away.
C) about twice as bright as at present since neighboring stars would be mostly bright, young blue stars in about the same numbers as the present, older, and less bright red-giant neighbors to the Sun.
D) extremely intense from the dense field of stars, equivalent to about 200 full Moons.

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