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Well the brightest star in our sky is the Sun, and it has a magnitude of -26
Eugene Kertzmann
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The brightest stars have apparent magnitudes that are?
Negative The apparent magnitude of our sun is -26.73 whereas Vega is +0.03
The Greeks assigned what magnitude to the brightest stars seen in the night sky?
The brightest stars were traditionally magnitude 1; the weakest that could still be seen with the naked eye, 6. This system has been formalized and refined; as a result, there are now not only magnitudes with decimals, but also negative magnitudes for the very brightest stars and planets. For example, Venus has a magnitude of approximately minus 4.
How do you describe the stars of the first magnitude?
"First magnitude" usually means the brightest 21 stars, as seen from Earth. Another definition is stars with apparent magnitudes 0.5 to 1.5. This definition excludes the very brightest stars, like Sirius. They are the first stars that become visible after sunset and they all have names. Examples are Altair, Aldebaran, Capella, Spica, Antares, Fomalhaut, Deneb, Regulus, Sirius, etc. There can be confusion because First Magnitude stars are not stars with an "apparent magnitude" of exactly "one". They are just the brightest stars, but naturally their magnitudes are close to one.
What is the magnitudes stars of Pisces?
There are 86 stars in the constellation which appear in the Bayer/Flamsteed catalogues. There are no stars brighter than an apparent magnitude of 3. The brightest are Alrescha and Kullat Nunu (both mag 3.62).
Order of brightness between Io Europa Ganymede and Callisto?
From Brightest to Dimmest: Ganymede Io Europa Callisto Use JPL's HORIZONS web ephemeris to look up apparent magnitudes of jovian satellites.
What refers to the brightest star?
The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is a scatter graph of stars showing the relationship between the stars' absolute magnitudes or luminosities versus their spectral types or classifications and effective temperatures.
What is the narked eye limit for apparent magnitude in an area with dark skies?
Under ideal conditions, the limit is about 6m. That's how the "m" was originally defined - 1m for the brightest stars, 6m for the faintest that could be seen with the naked eye. (However, with the modern definition, the brightest stars have an apparent magnitude of less than 1m - even negative magnitudes.)
What the magnitudeof the little dipper?
Asterisms don't have magnitudes. Stars have individual magnitudes.
How big is 6.6 magnitude?
In the context of stars, a magnitude is not a measure of size but of brightness or apparent brightness. The apparent magnitude of the sun is -27 while Sirius, the brightest star has a magnitude of only -1.4: negative magnitudes are more bright, and stars with magnitudes greater than 6.5 are not visible to the naked eye. However, the sun is a star of modest modest size compared with some of the giants and supergiants.
What are the brightness of stars?
magnitude, dim stars have positive magnitudes and bright stars have negative magnitudes
What is the brightest fruit?
The raisin is the brightest fruit.
Is rigel the Brightest Star?
No. It is the seventh brightest.
