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The sun appears brighter than Rigel does because it is much closer to us by a factor of about 50 million.
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Is Rigel brighter than the Sun?
no you are stupid if you are answering this
How much brighter is rigel than the sun?
About 85,000 times as bright!
Is there a star that is hotter than the sun?
Yes, many stars are brighter than our sun. Deneb and Rigel are two examples. Rigel is over 100,000 times brighter than Sol.
How many times brighter is Capella than the sun?
Rigel has a luminosity of 66,000 times greater than our Sun.However, in apparent magnitude (Brightness) it has a magnitude of 0.18 whereas the Sun is -26.73.
Why is the winter sun seem brighter than the summer sun?
because the rays of the sun bounce of of the shiny snow/ice and it makes the rays brighter
Is Rigel brighter than the Sun?
no you are stupid if you are answering this
How much brighter is rigel than the sun?
About 85,000 times as bright!
Is there a star that is hotter than the sun?
Yes, many stars are brighter than our sun. Deneb and Rigel are two examples. Rigel is over 100,000 times brighter than Sol.
How many times brighter is Capella than the sun?
Rigel has a luminosity of 66,000 times greater than our Sun.However, in apparent magnitude (Brightness) it has a magnitude of 0.18 whereas the Sun is -26.73.
Why is the winter sun seem brighter than the summer sun?
because the rays of the sun bounce of of the shiny snow/ice and it makes the rays brighter
Which is brighter larger stars or smaller stars?
Brightness is related to distance. However, from the same distance, an O class star is much much brighter than a M class star. As a comparison, an O class star would appear about 100,000 times brighter than our Sun, whereas a M class star could appear 0.0017 dimmer than our Sun, if the Sun was replaced with each star.
The surface temperature of the star Rigel is about 15000celiusThe sun has a temperature of about 6000celius Why does the sun appear so much brighter?
The sun is a lot closer.
Is the sun larger than Rigel?
No. Rigel is more than 70 times larger.
Is rigel cooler than your sun?
No, it is not cooler than my sun.
Which star has the less absolute magnitude rigel or Sirius?
Sirius has less absolute magnitude than Rigel. Sirius is smaller and less luminous than Rigel, but much closer to us, so Sirius appears brighter. Sirius, in fact, is the brightest star in our sky (with the exception of our own star, the sun.) Rigel is still pretty bright, but many times farther away from us than Sirius.
Is Rigel cooler than the sun?
No. Rigel's effective temperature is 12100 K compared to the Sun's 5778 K.
Does the sun seem brighter than other stars because of the absolute magnitude?
No because of its proximity to the earth.
