What is the most likely Greek letter name of the second brightest star in the constellation Lyra?

Answer 1

A star's brightness is indicated by a numbercalled its magnitude. It's a reversed scale, so brighter stars have smaller magnitude numbers. Our Sun's magnitude is approximately +5, not especially bright. Letters are used to indicate the surface temperature (and therefore the color) of a star. O, B, and A are very hot blue stars. F are white, G are yellow, K are orange, and M are the red coolest stars visible. Our sun is a G star, yellowish white.

Answer 2

The brightest star in a constellation is generally "alpha", the first Greek letter; the second brightest is normally "beta", the second Greek letter. This pattern isn't always followed, however, so it's only a clue.

Answer 3

Alpha. The brightest, or in some cases the most famous, star will receive the name alpha, followed by the genitive of the constellation. For example, Toliman is better known as Alpha Centauri, Antares is also known as Alpha Scorpii.

Alpha. The brightest, or in some cases the most famous, star will receive the name alpha, followed by the genitive of the constellation. For example, Toliman is better known as Alpha Centauri, Antares is also known as Alpha Scorpii.

Alpha. The brightest, or in some cases the most famous, star will receive the name alpha, followed by the genitive of the constellation. For example, Toliman is better known as Alpha Centauri, Antares is also known as Alpha Scorpii.

Alpha. The brightest, or in some cases the most famous, star will receive the name alpha, followed by the genitive of the constellation. For example, Toliman is better known as Alpha Centauri, Antares is also known as Alpha Scorpii.

Answer 4

The most likely is "beta". The star is called " β (beta) Lyrae ".

Beta is the second letter in the Greek alphabet.

The idea was to give Greek letters (in the order of that alphabet) according to the order of apparent brightness of stars in a constellation.

However the system is not completely consistent.

For example Rigel is the brightest star in Orion, but it was given the letter beta.

Answer 5

Answer:Yes;

Around the year 1600, Johannes Bayer, in what is today known as

Germany, applied lowercase Greek letter names to the stars more or less in order of brightness, which if followed strictly would render the brightest star in a constellation "Alpha," the second Beta," and so on.

Answer 6

Alpha. The brightest, or in some cases the most famous, star will receive the name alpha, followed by the genitive of the constellation. For example, Toliman is better known as Alpha Centauri, Antares is also known as Alpha Scorpii.

Answer 7

The second brightest star in the constellation Lyra is called Beta Lyrae. Its Greek letter name is Beta.