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Stars are measured on a scale of apparent luminosity. The higher the number, the fainter the star. The brightest stars / planets are around -2 on this scale. +5.5 is about the limit in a rural, unpolluted, still sky with good, unaided vision. The Romans used to measure someones eyesight by asking them to draw the star cluster pleiades (M45 if I remember correctly) which contains stars of apparent magnitude from +3 and fainter.

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