List of brightest stars

This article is about apparent magnitude. For absolute magnitude, see List of most luminous stars.

This is a list of the brightest naked eye stars to +2.50 magnitude, as determined by their maximum, total or combined apparent visual magnitudes as seen from Earth. Although several of the brightest stars are also known close binary or multiple star systems, they do appear to the naked eye as single stars. The given list below combines/adds the magnitudes of bright individual components.

List

Apparent visual magnitudes of the brightest star can also be compared to non-stellar objects in our Solar System. Here the maximum visible magnitudes above the brightest star, Sirius (-1.46), are as follows. Other than the Sun, the brightest object is the Moon (−12.7), Venus (−4.89), Jupiter (−2.94), Mars (−2.91), Mercury (−2.45), and Saturn (−0.49).

Any exact order of the visual brightness of stars is not perfectly defined for the following reasons:

Main table of the brightest stars

V Mag.
(mV)		 Bayer designation Proper name Distance (ly) Spectral class
−26.74   Sun 0.000 016 G2 V
−1.46 α CMa Sirius 8.6 A1 V , DA2
−0.74 α Car Canopus 310 F0 Ib
−0.27 (0.01 + 1.33) α Cen AB (α1,2 Cen) Rigil Kent, Toliman[1][note 1] 4.4 G2 V, K1 V
−0.05 α Boo Arcturus 37 K0 III
0.03 (−0.02 - 0.07var) α Lyr Vega 25 A0 Va
0.08 (0.03 - 0.16var) α Aur Capella 42 K0 III, G1 III
0.13 (0.05 - 0.18var) β Ori Rigel 860 B8 Ia
0.34 α CMi Procyon 11 F5 IV-V
0.46 (0.40 - 0.46var) α Eri Achernar 140 B6 Vep
0.42 (0.2 - 1.2var) α Ori Betelgeuse 640[2] M2 Iab
0.61 β Cen Agena, Hadar 350 B1 III
0.76 α Aql Altair 17 A7 V
0.76 (1.33 + 1.73) α Cru Acrux 320 B0.5 IV, B1 V
0.86 (0.75 - 0.95var) α Tau Aldebaran 65 K5 III
0.96 (0.6 - 1.6var) α Sco Antares 600 M1.5 Iab, B3 V
0.97 (0.97 - 1.04var) α Vir Spica 260 B1 III-IV, B2 V
1.14 β Gem Pollux 34 K0 III
1.16 α PsA Fomalhaut 25 A3 V
1.25 (1.21 - 1.29var) α Cyg Deneb 2,600 A2 Ia
1.25 (1.23 - 1.31var) β Cru Mimosa, Becrux[note 1] 350 B0.5 II, B2 V
1.39 α Leo Regulus 77 B7 V
1.50 ε CMa Adara, Adhara 430 B2 Iab:
1.62 λ Sco Shaula 700 B2 IV
1.62 (1.98 + 2.97) α Gem Castor 52 Am, A1 V
1.64 γ Cru Gacrux 88 M3.5 III
1.64 γ Ori Bellatrix 240 B2 III
1.65 β Tau El Nath 130 B7 III
1.69 β Car Miaplacidus 110 A1 III
1.69 (1.64 - 1.74var) ε Ori Alnilam 2,000 B0 Ia
1.72 (1.81 - 1.87var + 4.27) γ1,2 Vel Suhail, Regor 840 WC8, O7.5e
1.74 α Gru Alnair 100 B7 IV
1.77 ε UMa Alioth 81 A1 III-IVp kB9
1.77 ζ Ori A Alnitak 820 O9.7 Ib, O9 III, B0 II-IV
1.79 α UMa Dubhe 120 G9 III, A7.5
1.80 α Per Mirfak 590 F5 Ib
1.82 δ CMa Wezen 1,800 F8 Ia
1.84 θ Sco Sargas 270 F0 II
1.85 ε Sgr Kaus Australis 140 B9.5 III
1.86 ε Car Avior 630 K3 III, B2 Vp
1.86 η UMa Benetnasch, Alkaid 100 B3 V
1.90 (1.89 - 1.94var) β Aur Menkalinan 100 A1mIV+A1mIV
1.91 α TrA Atria 420 K2 IIb-IIIa
1.92 γ Gem Alhena 100 A1.5 IV+
1.94 α Pav Peacock 180 B2 IV
1.96 (1.99 - 2.39var + 5.57) δ Vel - 80 A1 Va(n), F2-F5
1.98 β CMa Mirzam 500 B1 II-III
2.00 α Hya Alphard 180 K3 II-III
1.98 (1.86 - 2.13var) α UMi Polaris 430 F8 Ib
2.00 α Ari Hamal 66 K1 IIIb
2.08 (2.37 + 3.64) γ1 Leo Algieba 130 K0 III, G7 IIIb
2.02 β Cet Deneb Kaitos, Diphda 96 K0 III
2.05 σ Sgr Nunki, Sadira 220 B2.5 V
2.06 θ Cen Menkent 61 K0 III
2.05 (2.01 - 2.10var) β And Mirach 200 M0III
2.06 α And Alpheratz, Sirrah 97 B8 IV
2.07 α Oph Rasalhague 47 A5 V
2.08 β UMi Kochab 130 K4 III
2.09 κ Ori Saiph 720 B0 Iab:
2.11 β Leo Denebola 36 A3 Va
2.12 (2.1 - 3.39var) β Per Algol 93 B8 V
2.15 (2.0 - 2.3var) β Gru - 170 M5 III
2.17 γ Cen Muhlifain 130 A1IV, (A0III/A0III)
2.21 ι Car Aspidiske, Turais 690 A9 Ib
2.21 (2.14 - 2.30var) λ Vel Suhail 570 K4.5 Ib-II
2.23 (2.21 - 2.32var) α CrB Alphecca, Gemma 75 A0 V, G5 V
2.23 (2.23 - 2.35var) δ Ori Mintaka 900 B0 III, O9 V
2.23 γ Cyg Sadr 1,500 F8 Ib
2.23 γ Dra Eltanin 150 K5 III
2.24 α Cas Schedar 230 K0 IIIa
2.25 ζ Pup Naos 1,100 O4 If(n)p
2.26 γ And Almach 350 K3 IIb, B9.5 V, B9.5 V, A0 V
2.27 ζ1 UMa Mizar 78 A2 Vp, A2 Vp, A1m, A5 V
2.28 (2.25 - 2.31var) β Cas Caph 54 F2 III
2.29 ε Boo Izar 202 K0 II-III, A2 V
2.30 (2.29 - 2.34var) α Lup Men, Kakkab 550 B1.5 III
2.30 (2.29 - 2.31var) ε Cen - 380 B1III
2.31 (1.6 - 2.32var) δ Sco Dschubba 400 B0.3 IV
2.31 ε Sco Wei 65 K1 III
2.35 (2.30 - 2.41var) η Cen Marfikent 310 B1.5Vne
2.37 β UMa Merak 79 A1 IVps
2.38 α Phe Ankaa, Nair al Zaurak 77 K0.5 IIIb
2.39 κ Sco Girtab 460 B1.5 III
2.40 (0.7 - 3.0var) ε Peg Enif 670 K2 Ib
2.42 (2.31 - 2.74var) β Peg Scheat 200 M2.5 II-IIIe
2.43 η Oph Sabik 49 A1 V, A3 V
2.44 γ UMa Phecda 84 A0Ve
2.45 η CMa Aludra 2,000[3] B5 Ia
2.46 κ Vel Markeb 540 B2 IV
2.47 (1.6 - 3.0var) γ Cas Tsih, Navi 610 B0.5 IVpe
2.48 α Peg Markab 140 B9 III
2.48 ε Cyg Gienah 72 K0 III-IV
2.50 β Sco Acrab 404 B1V, B2V

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Not in common use

References

  1. ↑ Kunitzsch P., & Smart, T., A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations, Cambridge, Sky Pub. Corp., 2006, p. 27
  2. ↑ Graham M. Harper, Alexander Brown, and Edward F. Guinan, (April 2008). "A New VLA-Hipparcos Distance to Betelgeuse and its Implications" (PDF). The Astronomical Journal (IOP Publishing) 135 (4,): 1430–1440. Bibcode:2008AJ....135.1430H. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/4/1430. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  3. ↑ van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.

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