Jessica is right because star's apparent brightness is more difficult to determine due to distance.
Apparent brightness can be defined as the way a persons tend to see the star's brightness from the Earth.
Absolute brightness can be defined as the way in which a star would tend to look like if we looking at the stars from a distance.
Therefore Jessica is right.
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