Besides the sun what is the brightest star?

Answer 1

The moon is exceptionally bright when it is in a "fuller" phase. In some instances, you can read by moonlight. The moon, however, only reflects light. The second brightest object in the night sky next to the moon is Venus. It, too, reflects light. Sirius, the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the night sky.

Answer 2

The planet Venus is #3. Depending on its orbital position relative to the earth,

Venus' apparent magnitude varies from -3.82, when it's on the opposite side of

the sun, to -4.89, at maximum brightness as an illuminated crescent.

The brightest star, after the sun, is Sirius, with an apparent magnitude of -1.47 .

Answer 3

The planet Venus.
The brightest object in the sky after Sun and Moon is Venus.

Actually, the brightness of Venus varies, but around its maximum brightness Venus certainly looks brighter than anything except the Sun and Moon.

Answer 4

The brightest object in the night sky is the Moon, when visible. Next is Venus, if visible, and then Jupiter, if visible.

When Venus gets too close to the Sun in the sky, as it is now, it can't be seen, so Venus is the answer to your question.

Answer 5

With the naked eye yes.... but not in reality. Our sun is not even the brightest thing we can see. We only see our moon because there is light reflecting off of it from the sun. The sun is just a star. There are starts that we know about that are much bigger and/or brighter. Go to YouTube.com and type in the search "star size comparison hd" try to keep track of where our sun is on the table.... you cant.

Answer 6

The sun looks brightest from Earth because we're so close to it.

Besides the sun, the star that looks brightest in the sky is Sirius,

in the constellation Canis Major (the Big Dog), just east of Orion.

Answer 7

List of brightest objects as seen from Earth (Apparent Magnitude greater the 0) :-

1. Sun, -26.74
2. Moon, -12.9 (Max) - Satelite
3. Venus, -4.6 (Max) - Planet
4. Jupiter -2.94 (Max) - Planet
5. Mars, -2.91 (Max) - Planet
6. Mercury, -2.3 (Max) - Planet
7. Sirius A (Alpha Canis Magoris), -1.46 - Star
8. Canopus (Alpha Carinae), -0.72 - Star
9. Alpha Centauri, -0.27 - Star System (A + B)
10. Saturn -0.24 (Max) - Planet
11. Arcturus (Alpha Bootis), -0.04 (Max) - Star
12. Alpha Centauri A, -0.01 - Star

Answer 8

Venus if it is up, then Jupiter if IT is up. Rarely are both planets in conjunction at the same time.

Answer 9

Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. It is located in the constellation Canis Major and is approximately 8.6 light years away from Earth.

Answer 10

The brightest object in the night sky is the moon.
The next brightest is the planet Venus.