A star's brightness is indicated by a numbercalled its magnitude. It's a reversed scale, so brighter stars have smaller magnitude numbers. Our Sun's magnitude is approximately +5, not especially bright. Letters are used to indicate the surface temperature (and therefore the color) of a star. O, B, and A are very hot blue stars. F are white, G are yellow, K are orange, and M are the red coolest stars visible. Our sun is a G star, yellowish white.
The brightest star in a constellation is generally "alpha", the first Greek letter; the second brightest is normally "beta", the second Greek letter. This pattern isn't always followed, however, so it's only a clue.
Alpha. The brightest, or in some cases the most famous, star will receive the name alpha, followed by the genitive of the constellation. For example, Toliman is better known as Alpha Centauri, Antares is also known as Alpha Scorpii.
Alpha. The brightest, or in some cases the most famous, star will receive the name alpha, followed by the genitive of the constellation. For example, Toliman is better known as Alpha Centauri, Antares is also known as Alpha Scorpii.
Alpha. The brightest, or in some cases the most famous, star will receive the name alpha, followed by the genitive of the constellation. For example, Toliman is better known as Alpha Centauri, Antares is also known as Alpha Scorpii.
Alpha. The brightest, or in some cases the most famous, star will receive the name alpha, followed by the genitive of the constellation. For example, Toliman is better known as Alpha Centauri, Antares is also known as Alpha Scorpii.
The most likely is "beta". The star is called " β (beta) Lyrae ".
Beta is the second letter in the Greek alphabet.
The idea was to give Greek letters (in the order of that alphabet) according to the order of apparent brightness of stars in a constellation.
However the system is not completely consistent.
For example Rigel is the brightest star in Orion, but it was given the letter beta.
Alpha. The brightest, or in some cases the most famous, star will receive the name alpha, followed by the genitive of the constellation. For example, Toliman is better known as Alpha Centauri, Antares is also known as Alpha Scorpii.
There is no star with the name of "Beta". No, that's not true. To be more correct, there is a "beta" in every constellation. That's a total of 88 of them in the sky ! Within each constellation, the brightest star is labelled "Alpha of (the name of the constellation)", the second brightest is labelled "Beta of (the constellation's name)", the third brightest is labeled "Gamma of (the constellation)" and so on through the constellation. Well, that's the general idea anyway. The system of assigning names to stars got a bit mixed up and for various reasons, "Beta" is not always strictly speaking the second brightest star in a constellation, but for most of them it will at least be one of the brightest stars in the constellation. Also, the "of the constellation" part is in Latin, and forming Latin genitives isn't always straightforward for English speakers (some examples: "of Cephus" -> Cephei, "of Ursa Minor" -> Ursae Minoris, "of Virgo" -> Virginis).
Alpha Cassiopeiae (Shedir) is the second brightest star in the constellation Cassiopeia.It has a spectral type of K0, so will have a colour of orange.See related link for more information.
Alpha Arae (Tchou or Choo) is the second brightest star in the constellation AraIt is a variable Be star [See related link] and has a spectral class of B3V
Alpha Librae is the second brightest star in the constellation Libra.It has an absolute magnitude of +3.28It has an apparent magnitude of +5.15
There are no stars in the earth's atmosphere. The brightest star, also the brightest object of any kind, in our sky is the sun. It's about 375,000 times farther from you than the top end of earth's atmosphere is. The moon and several of the planets are all brighter than all the other stars. The second brightest star in the sky ... next after the sun ... is the one called 'Sirius'. It's located about 8.6 light-years from us, which is about 63,000 times farther than the sun.
Zeta Herculis (Rutilicus) is a binary star system in the constellation Hercules.It is the second brightest star in the constellation with an apparent magnitude of +2.89
It is in the Orion constellation, and its about 640 light-years away from Earth. It is the second brightest star in the constellation, and the eighth brightest star in our night sky.
Beta Aquarii (Sadalsuud) is the brightest, and Alpha Aquarii (Sadalmelik) is the second brightest star in Aquarius.
Gamma Leonis (γ Leo, γ Leonis) (Algieba or Al Gieba) (a binary star system) is the second brightest star in the constellation Leo.
Castor is the second brightest star in the constellation Gemini.
Beta (β). The second brightest star is β Lyr (Sheliak).
Gamma Virginis or (Porrima and Arich) is the second brightest star in the constellation Virgo with an apparent magnitude of 2.74
Vega is the brightest star in constellation Lyra, and acctually is one of the bightest in the universe. It is also the second brightest in the northern hemisphere.
Betelgeuse is the second brightest star in the constellation Orion.
Betelgeuse, or Alpha Orionis, is a red supergiant and second brightest star in the constellation Orion.
The primary star in a constellation is called the "Alpha" star - it's almost always the brightest one in the constellation. "Beta" is the second brightest, and it follows the Greek Alphabet as the stars get dimmer... Polaris is the North Star located in the constellation Ursa Minor - the Little Bear.
Delta Capricorni, or Deneb Algedi has a magnitude of 2.9 and is the brightest. Beta Cap, magnitude 3.1 is second. .