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The star with the brightest apparent magnitude other than the Sun is Sirius, alpha Canis Majoris.
Neither of them is particularly noteworthy on an absolutemagnitude scale; Sirius is only about 25x brighter than the Sun, and only appears so much brighter in the night sky than other stars because it's so close (astronomically speaking, 8 and a half light years is pretty dang close).
The brightest specific star currently known has the rather unmemorable name of R136a1 and is nearly nine million times brighter than the Sun, but is so far away ... about 165,000 light years, in the Lesser Magellanic Cloud ... that it's not visible to the naked eye.
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How is Sirius not the brightest star in the sky?
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, but the brightest overall is the sun.
Who is the Brightest star other than sun?
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky.
Which is the brightest star in sky?
SunAnswer:The brightest star can be identified either on an apparent brightness (how bright it seems to an observer on Earth) or absolute luminosity. Obviously the Sun is the brightest star in the sky at any time. If only the night sky is considered, it is Sirius. The brightest star discovered, based on its energy output, is Cygnus OB2-12 (a very bright blue hypergiant). It is more than 6 million times brighter than the Sun.
What is the brightest star visible from Earth excluding your sun?
Excluding the sun, Sirius appears brightest in the sky from Earth.
What is the brightest star's name in early morning sky?
the sun
How is Sirius not the brightest star in the sky?
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, but the brightest overall is the sun.
Why is the Venus called jewel of the sky?
It's the brightest object in the sky besides the Sun and the moon. It's also called the Morning Star or the Evening Star.
Who is the Brightest star other than sun?
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky.
What is the brightest magnitudes?
Well the brightest star in our sky is the Sun, and it has a magnitude of -26
What star has the brightest apparent magnitude as seen from earth?
The brightest star as seen from Earth is the sun. The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius.
What is the brightest thing in the sky besides the sun and moon?
The planet Venus.
What is the brightest planet in the sky after the sun and the moon?
The sun and the moon are not planets. The sun is a star and the moon is a natural satellite. The brightest planet in Earth's sky is Venus.
Which is the brightest star in sky?
SunAnswer:The brightest star can be identified either on an apparent brightness (how bright it seems to an observer on Earth) or absolute luminosity. Obviously the Sun is the brightest star in the sky at any time. If only the night sky is considered, it is Sirius. The brightest star discovered, based on its energy output, is Cygnus OB2-12 (a very bright blue hypergiant). It is more than 6 million times brighter than the Sun.
What is the brightest star visible from Earth excluding your sun?
Excluding the sun, Sirius appears brightest in the sky from Earth.
What is the brightest star's name in early morning sky?
the sun
What is the brightest star in the universe apart from our Sun?
Our sun is not the brightest star in the universe. It only appears brighter because it is much close than any other star. The brightest star as it appears in the sky is Sirius.
The sun appears to be the brighest star in the sky because it is the to the earth?
the sun is the brightest star in the sky because it is closer to earth than any other star
