No, the Centauri System is the second-brightest star (other than the Sun) but Sirius is the brightest, even though it's a little farther away because it's bigger and brighter.
Alpha Centauri (the brightest star in the constellation Centaurus) is the closest star to earth, and is actually a double star system - when it's small companion star is on "our side" of Alpha C, it is actually closest. The system is about 4.3 light years away. Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, a white giant, and is about 9 light years away.
The sun is the brightest star to people on Earth because it is the closest star to Earth.
because it is the closest to the earth
The Sun is the closest star. Next closest are the three stars of the Alpha Centauri system, of which the closest is Proxima Centauri.
The closest star to earth is the sun. After that the closes is Proxima Centauri.
No; in fact, the Alpha Centauri system is the closest star system to Earth.The closest star to us is the Sun; the next-closest star is Proxima Centauri, part of the Alpha Centauri system.
Proxima Centauri.
Proxima Centauri.
Proxima centauri
Proxima Centauri , about 3.8 lightyears away from Earth. :)
Our Sun is the closest star to Earth, therefore, the brightest.
Alpha Centauri