Its absolute magnitude is -7.92
Betelgeuse has an apparent magnitude of 0.42(v) and an absolute magnitude of -6.02. Rigel has an apparent magnitude of 0.12 and an absolute magnitude of -7.04. So Rigel is brighter.
Absolute magnitude: -7.84Apparent magnitude: +0.12
The absolute magnitude is -7.92
Rigel is the brightest star in the constellation Orion.It has an apparent magnitude of 0.18 and an absolute magnitude of -6.7
-7.84 ± 0.2
Betelgeuse has an apparent magnitude of 0.42(v) and an absolute magnitude of -6.02. Rigel has an apparent magnitude of 0.12 and an absolute magnitude of -7.04. So Rigel is brighter.
Absolute magnitude: -7.84Apparent magnitude: +0.12
The absolute magnitude is -7.92
Rigel is the brightest star in the constellation Orion.It has an apparent magnitude of 0.18 and an absolute magnitude of -6.7
-7.84 ± 0.2
Sirius has less absolute magnitude than Rigel. Sirius is smaller and less luminous than Rigel, but much closer to us, so Sirius appears brighter. Sirius, in fact, is the brightest star in our sky (with the exception of our own star, the sun.) Rigel is still pretty bright, but many times farther away from us than Sirius.
The absolute magnitude of Rigel is -7.92 while that of Aldebaran is -6.41. This means that Rigel is approx 4 times brighter than Aldebaran - technically. So the question is based on a flawed grasp of absolute magnitude.
Spica has a surface temperature of 22,400K and an absolute magnitude of -3.55Rigel has a surface temperature of 11,000K and an absolute magnitude of -6.7So the question is incorrect.
No, which means that Rigel is brighter.
The apparent brightness of a star depends mainly on (1) its absolute (i.e., real) brightness, and (2) the square of its distance from us. The absolute magnitude of Sirius is +1.45, while that of Rigel is -6.95, meaning that Rigel is approximately 2,290 times as bright as Sirius. However, Rigel is approximately 100 times as far from us (870 light years versus 8.6 light years), which reduces its brightness relative to Sirius by a factor of over 10,000. This makes Sirius about 4.5 times brighter than Rigel for a difference of 1.62 magnitudes (-1.44 relative magnitude for Sirius versus +0.18 for Rigel).
-6.7
Sirius, which means that Rigel is brighter.