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Which is the hottest is it the sun or the betelgeuseor the rigel or the arcturus?
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What are 8 conspicuous stars with magnitude of one or higher?
Aldeberan, Vega, Rigel, Betelgeuse, Altair, Arcturus, Sirius, Procyon, Capella, Spica, Antares, Deneb, Regulus, and the Sun are.
Is Arcturus bigger than the sun?
Arcturus
What is temperature of rigel and sun?
Rigel: 12100 K.Sun: 5778 K.
What are 8 conspicuous stars of magnitude 1 or brighter?
Our Sun is the brightest star of course, but presuming you discount that, the next brightest are:Sirius, Canopus, Alpha Centauri, Arcturus, Vega, Capella, Rigel and Procyon.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_stars
Is Rigel cooler than the sun?
No. Rigel's effective temperature is 12100 K compared to the Sun's 5778 K.
Is the sun larger than Rigel?
No. Rigel is more than 70 times larger.
Is Rigel temperature higher than the sun?
Yes. Rigel's effective temperature is 12100 K compared to the Sun's 5778 K.
Is rigel cooler than your sun?
No, it is not cooler than my sun.
Is the star rigel bigger then the sun?
yes it is
How for is Rigel from the sun?
260 +/- 20 parsecs.
Why does the sun seem brighter than Rigel?
The sun appears brighter than Rigel does because it is much closer to us by a factor of about 50 million.
How much hotter is Rigel than the sun?
Rigel's effective temperature is 12100 K compared to the Sun's 5778 K. Since these temperatures are on the absolute scale, it is possible to say that Rigel is approx 2.1 times as hot.
