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The star outside the solar system that appears the brightest is Sirius. It's actually not all that bright (absolute magnitude 1.4, or about 25 times brighter than the Sun), it's just very close to us (only about 8 light years away).
The second-brightest star in the night sky is Canopus, which actually really is pretty bright (absolute magnitude -5.5 ... lower is brighter, and Canopus is almost 13,000 times brighter than the Sun); it's about 300 light years away, and it only appears to be slightly dimmer than Sirius because of its much greater distance.
However, even Canopus is nowhere near the grand champion R136a1, which has the lowest absolute magnitude (highest intrinsic brightness) known: -12.5, almost nine million times brighter than the Sun. You can't see it without a pretty good telescope, because it's not even in our own Galaxy but in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 160,000 light years away. If it were at the same distance as Sirius, it would be significantly brighter than the full Moon.
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What is called the morning star?
Venus is called the morning star because it is the brightest planet in the solar system and it is the closest planet to us.
The actual brightness of the star is what?
a star is made up of burning gases which makes it a luminous body. the sun is the only star in the solar system. the brightest star except the sun is sirius
Can we find sirius star in our solar system?
Our solar system is centred round the Sun, which is our own star, while Sirius is a nearby star that is bigger and brighter than the Sun but a lot further away. Sirius can be found near the constellation of Orion, to the lower left of it when viewed from USA or Europe. It is the brightest of all the stars, but the planets Venus and Jupiter can be brighter at times.
What is the brightest thing in the solar system besides the sun and moon?
There is only one star in the solar system, and that is Sol, our sun. All planets that form our solar system orbit around Sol -- there are no other stars in our solar system. The next closest star/solar system is Alpha Centuri, about 4.3 light years away.
Is Betelgeuse a part of the jovian planets?
No. Betelgeuse is a star well outside of the solar system.
What star is the brightest in Taurus?
As viewed from Earth or any other place in the solar system, Aldebaran is.
What do you call the brightest star in the solar system?
The Sun. As far as we know, it is also the only one.
What is called the morning star?
Venus is called the morning star because it is the brightest planet in the solar system and it is the closest planet to us.
How far is alpha centri?
Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system to our Solar System and the third brightest star. It is located 4.367 light years away from Earth.
What are stars in the solar system like?
there is only 1 star in our solar system, which is our sun. the stars that we can see at night are outside of our solar system
What star is closest outside of the solar system?
Alpha Centauri
What is Actual brightness of a star?
a star is made up of burning gases which makes it a luminous body. the sun is the only star in the solar system. the brightest star except the sun is sirius
The actual brightness of the star is what?
a star is made up of burning gases which makes it a luminous body. the sun is the only star in the solar system. the brightest star except the sun is sirius
Why are stars a part of your solar system?
There is only one star that is part of our solar system. That is the sun. The stars we see are outside our solar system. "Solar" refers to our star. It holds the solar system together as it is through its gravity that everything orbits it, creating the solar system. So it is the key part of our solar system. That is why it is part of it.
Is there anything outside our solar system?
There are things outside the solar system. Here are the nearest things outside our solar system, a small planet named Sedna, the Oort Cloud, and Proxima Centarui, a star 4.3 light years from earth.
Are all the stars you see in night inside the solar system or outside your galaxy?
No. All the stars you see at night are in our galaxy, but outside of the solar system. The only star in our solar system is the one at its center: the sun.
Is Sirius far from the solar system?
Sirius is approximately 8.6 light years distant. It is normally the brightest star in the night sky
