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The Sun is the brightest star as viewed from Earth, at −26.78 mag. The second brightest is Sirius at −1.46 mag. For comparison, the brightest non-stellar objects in the Solar System have maximum brightnesses of: the Moon −12.7 mag; Venus −4.92 mag; Jupiter −2.94 mag; Mars −2.94 mag; Mercury −2.48 mag; Saturn −0.55 mag
1. Sirius (−1.46, Canis Major) 2. Canopus (−0.74, Carina) 3. Alpha Centauri (−0.1, Centaurus) 4. Arcturus (−0.05, Boötes) 5. Vega (0.03, Lyra) 6. Capella (0.08, Auriga) 7. Rigel (0.13, Orion) 8. Procyon (0.37, Canis Minor) 9. Betelgeuse (0.42, Orion) 10. Achernar (0.46, Eridanus)
Nov 24, 2022 · published 24 November 2022. The night sky can be a wondrous place filled with stars, but there are some brilliant celestial lights that shine brighter than others. Here we explore some of the...
Feb 2, 2024 · Bottom line: Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky as seen from Earth and is visible from both hemispheres. And it lies just 8.6 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major the ...
Oct 24, 2023 · Sirius, also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. The name means "glowing" in Greek — a fitting description, as only a few planets, the full moon and...
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With an apparent magnitude of −1.46, Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, almost twice as bright as the second-brightest star, Canopus. From Earth, Sirius always appears dimmer than Jupiter and Venus, and at certain times also dimmer than Mercury and Mars.
Sirius, brightest star in the night sky, with apparent visual magnitude −1.46. It is a binary star in the constellation Canis Major. The bright component of the binary is a blue-white star 25.4 times as luminous as the Sun. It has a radius 1.71 times that of the Sun and a surface temperature of 9,940 kelvins (K), which is more than 4,000 K ...
