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It is four times as brighter. It is four times as brighter.
The north star, otherwise know as Polaris, is brighter than many other stars because it is much closer and perhaps larger than many other stars.
Good, a nice question with a definite answer. The magnitude1 star is 2.512 times brighter (near enough).
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Polaris A is a white supergiant.
2 magnitudes brighter means it's about 2.512 x 2.512 times brighter. So that's about 6.31 times brighter.
4 times
4 times as bright.
A magnitude 1 star is 100 times brighter than a magnitude 6 star.A magnitude 1 star is 100 times brighter than a magnitude 6 star.A magnitude 1 star is 100 times brighter than a magnitude 6 star.A magnitude 1 star is 100 times brighter than a magnitude 6 star.
No. Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Polaris is much farther down the list.
The main star in the Polaris system has a luminosity which is 2500 times that of the Sun.
100.4, which is approximately 2.512.