Venus is the brightest, then Jupiter and mars. All of these can potentially be brighter than sirus, but have to be well placed in their orbits relative to us.
Observed from Earth there are no brighter stars at the night sky. If you see something that is brighter, it will be a planet.
For us, it looks brighter than any star, but this is because it is much nearer. Now (March/April 2012) you can see two bright "stars" in the west, after sunset - the brighter one is planet Venus, the second-brightest one is planet Jupiter. In terms of absolute brightness, a star is brighter than a planet.
Not much bigger or brighter than the other stars in the sky
Big stars are brighter than small stars, and hot stars are brighter than cool ones.
No. Larger stars are generally brighter. Blue giants are the brightest stars while red dwarves are the faintest.
Jupiter is among the brighter objects in the sky, and has been known since prehistoric times.
Because they are closer or actually brighter.
revolves around the sun
Venus is occasionally brighter than jupiter
Because it is nearer that the stars.
It is better to say that the sun appears brighter because it is closer. Some stars are actually brighter than the sun.
Stars differ with its shape.Also how are stars are brighter than others