If the Intrinsically Faintest Stars in Earth's Sky Have Absolute

Multiple Choice

If the intrinsically faintest stars in Earth's sky have absolute magnitudes of +17, how does their total energy output compare with that of the Sun, whose absolute magnitude is +4.8?

A) about 12.2 times lower
B) about 10¹² or 1,000,000,000,000, times lower
C) about 7600 times lower
D) about 76,000 times lower