The moon is closer to Earth than any other object in space, so we get a great deal of the light it reflects. The next closest major object on its closest approach is Venus, which, even at its closest, is about 100 times farther away than the moon.
The Moon is illuminated by the Sun. At full moon, we see the bright part - the illuminated part. At new moon, we see mostly the dark part. (This part is also slightly visible, due to light reflected from the Earth.)
Blue-white stars are the hottest and brightest stars; Sirius A (and its white dwarf companion Sirius B) is the brightest star in Earth's night sky.
The strip of the sky through which the sun, moon, and brightest planets appear to move in the course of a year is known as the ecliptic.
Clearly the sun is the brightest object in the sky.
Jupiter is the second brightest planet in the sky after Venus and the fourth brightest object in the sky. The sun and the moon are the brightest objects in the sky, but they are not planets.
No, the Sun is the brightest thing is the sky. The light from the mood is in fact reflected sunlight.
Venus is the brightest thing in the sky, after the Sun and Moon.
The planet Venus.
The sun and the moon are not planets. The sun is a star and the moon is a natural satellite. The brightest planet in Earth's sky is Venus.
The next brightest body in the sky, after the sun and the moon, is the planet Venus. The brightest star is the one called "Sirius", in the constellation "Canis Major".
After the Sun, yes.
No. The Sun is
The brightest OBJECTS in the sky, after the Sun, are the Moon, followed by planets Venus, Jupiter, and Mars (on rare occasions, Mars is brighter then Jupiter), followed by the star Sirius.The brightest stars proper are Sirius, followed by Canopus, Toliman, Arcturus, Vega...
The planet Venus is!
The planet Venus is!
Venus
The Moon is illuminated by the Sun. At full moon, we see the bright part - the illuminated part. At new moon, we see mostly the dark part. (This part is also slightly visible, due to light reflected from the Earth.)