List of brightest stars

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Bright stars are bright because they have high luminosities and/or they are nearby. Below are the 90 brightest individual stars as seen from Earth in visible wavelengths (apparent magnitude less than or equal to +2.50).

The exact order of this list is not completely well-defined because of the following reasons:

• Multiple stars are listed individually here when the magnitude difference between them is less than five (some other lists report the brightness of all the component stars combined).
• There are statistical variations in measured values.
• Some stars are actually variable stars (as indicated with var).

	V Magnitude	Bayer Designation	Proper name	Distance (ly)	External link
0	−26.73		The Sun, Sol	0.000 016
1	−1.47	α CMa	Sirius	8.6	[Sirius on SIMBAD.]
2	−0.72	α Car	Canopus	310	[Canopus on SIMBAD.]
3	−0.04 var	α Boo	Arcturus	37	[Arcturus on SIMBAD.]
4	−0.01	α1 Cen	Alpha Centauri A	4.4	[Alpha Centauri A on SIMBAD.]
5	0.03	α Lyr	Vega	25	[Vega on SIMBAD.]
6	0.12	β Ori	Rigel	770	[Rigel on SIMBAD.]
7	0.34	α Cmi	Procyon	11	[Procyon on SIMBAD.]
8	0.50	α Eri	Achernar	140	[Achernar on SIMBAD.]
9	0.58 var	α Ori	Betelgeuse	430	[Betelgeuse on SIMBAD.]
10	0.60	β Cen	Hadar (Agena)	530	[Hadar (Agena) on SIMBAD.]
11	0.71	α1 Aur	Capella A	42	[Capella A on SIMBAD.]
12	0.77	α Aql	Altair	17	[Altair on SIMBAD.]
13	0.85 var	α Tau	Aldebaran	65	[Aldebaran on SIMBAD.]
14	0.96	α2 Aur	Capella B	42	[Capella B on SIMBAD.]
15	1.04	α Vir	Spica	260	[Spica on SIMBAD.]
16	1.09	α Sco	Antares	600	[Antares on SIMBAD.]
17	1.15	β Gem	Pollux	34	[Pollux on SIMBAD.]
18	1.16	α PsA	Fomalhaut	25	[Fomalhaut on SIMBAD.]
19	1.25	α Cyg	Deneb	3200	[Deneb on SIMBAD.]
20	1.30	β Cru	Becrux	350	[Becrux on SIMBAD.]
21	1.33	α2 Cen	Alpha Centauri B	4.4	[Alpha Centauri B on SIMBAD.]
22	1.35	α Leo	Regulus	77	[Regulus on SIMBAD.]
23	1.40	α1 Cru	Acrux A	320	[Acrux A on SIMBAD.]
24	1.51	ε CMa	Adara	430	[Adara on SIMBAD.]
25	1.62	λ Sco	Shaula	700	[Shaula on SIMBAD.]
26	1.63	γ Cru	Gacrux	88	[Gacrux on SIMBAD.]
27	1.64	γ Ori	Bellatrix	240	[Bellatrix on SIMBAD.]
28	1.68	β Tau	El Nath	130	[El Nath on SIMBAD.]
29	1.70	β Car	Miaplacidus	110	[Miaplacidus on SIMBAD.]
30	1.70	ε Ori	Alnilam	1300	[Alnilam on SIMBAD.]
31	1.70	ζ1 Ori	Alnitak A	820	[Alnitak A on SIMBAD.]
32	1.74	α Gru	Al Na'ir	100	[Al Na'ir on SIMBAD.]
33	1.76	ε UMa	Alioth	81	[Alioth on SIMBAD.]
34	1.78	γ12 Vel	Gamma2 Velorum A	840	[Gamma2 Velorum on SIMBAD.]
35	1.80	ε Sgr	Kaus Australis	140	[Kaus Australis on SIMBAD.]
36	1.82	α Per	Mirfak	590	[Mirfak on SIMBAD.]
37	1.84	δ CMa	Wezen	1800	[Wezen on SIMBAD.]
38	1.85	η UMa	Benetnasch (Alcaid)	100	[Benetnasch (Alcaid) on SIMBAD.]
39	1.86	θ Sco	Sargas	270	[Sargas on SIMBAD.]
40	1.87	α1 UMa	Dubhe A	120	[Dubhe on SIMBAD.]
41	1.90	γ Gem	Alhena	100	[Alhena on SIMBAD.]
42	1.91	α Pav	Peacock	180	[Peacock on SIMBAD.]
43	1.92	α TrA	Atria	420	[Atria on SIMBAD.]
44	1.96	α1 Gem	Castor A	52	[Castor A on SIMBAD.]
45	1.98	β CMa	Murzim	500	[Murzim on SIMBAD.]
46	2.00	α Hya	Alphard	180	[Alphard on SIMBAD.]
47	2.00	α Ari	Hamal	66	[Hamal on SIMBAD.]
48	2.01 var	α UMi	Polaris	430	[Polaris on SIMBAD.]
49	2.03	δ1 Vel	Delta Velorum A	80	[Delta Velorum on SIMBAD.]
50	2.04	β Cet	Deneb Kaitos	96	[Deneb Kaitos on SIMBAD.]
51	2.05	κ Ori	Saiph	720	[Saiph on SIMBAD.]
52	2.06	σ Sgr	Nunki	220	[Nunki on SIMBAD.]
53	2.06	θ Cen	Menkent	61	[Menkent on SIMBAD.]
54	2.06	α And	Alpheratz	97	[Alpheratz on SIMBAD.]
55	2.06	β And	Mirach	200	[Mirach on SIMBAD.]
56	2.08	β UMi	Kochab	130	[Kochab on SIMBAD.]
57	2.09	α2 Cru	Acrux B	320	[Acrux B on SIMBAD.]
58	2.10	α Oph	Ras Alhague	47	[Ras Alhague on SIMBAD.]
59	2.12 var	β Per	Algol	93	[Algol on SIMBAD.]
60	2.13	β Gru	Beta Gruis	170	[Beta Gruis on SIMBAD.]
61	2.14	β Leo	Denebola	36	[Denebola on SIMBAD.]
62	2.21	ζ Pup	Naos	1400	[Zeta Puppis on SIMBAD.]
63	2.23	λ Vel	Lambda Velorum	570	[Lambda Velorum on SIMBAD.]
64	2.23	γ Dra	Etamin	150	[Etamin on SIMBAD.]
65	2.24	α1 CrB	Gemma A / Alphecca A	75	[Alphecca on SIMBAD.]
66	2.24	γ Cyg	Sadr	1500	[Sadr on SIMBAD.]
67	2.25	α Cas	Schedar	230	[Schedar on SIMBAD.]
68	2.25	ι Car	Aspidiske	690	[Aspidiske on SIMBAD.]
69	2.26	γ1 And	Almach A	350	[Almach on SIMBAD.]
70	2.27	ζ1 UMa	Mizar A	78	[Mizar A on SIMBAD.]
71	2.27	β Cas	Caph	54	[Caph on SIMBAD.]
72	2.27	ε Cen	Epsilon Centauri	380	[Epsilon Centauri on SIMBAD.]
73	2.28	γ1 Leo	Algieba A	130	[Algieba on SIMBAD.]
74	2.28	α Lup	Alpha Lupi	550	[Alpha Lupi on SIMBAD.]
75	2.29	δ Sco	Dschubba	400	[Dschubba on SIMBAD.]
76	2.29	ε Sco	Wei	65	[Wei on SIMBAD.]
77	2.32	η Cen	Eta Centauri	310	[Eta Centauri on SIMBAD.]
78	2.35	β UMa	Merak	79	[Merak on SIMBAD.]
79	2.37	α Phe	Ankaa	77	[Ankaa on SIMBAD.]
80	2.38	κ Sco	Girtab	460	[Girtab on SIMBAD.]
81	2.39	γ Cas	Gamma Cassiopeiae	610	[Gamma Cassiopeiae on SIMBAD.]
82	2.40	ε Peg	Enif	670	[Enif on SIMBAD.]
83	2.40	η CMa	Aludra	3200	[Aludra on SIMBAD.]
84	2.4	ε1 Car	Avior A	630	[Avior on SIMBAD.]
85	2.42	β Peg	Scheat	200	[Scheat on SIMBAD.]
86	2.43	γ UMa	Phecda	84	[Phecda on SIMBAD.]
87	2.44	α Cep	Alderamin	49	[Alderamin on SIMBAD.]
88	2.46	κ Vel	Kappa Velorum	540	[Kappa Velorum on SIMBAD.]
89	2.49	α Peg	Markab	140	[Markab on SIMBAD.]
90	2.50	ε Cyg	Gienah	72	[Gienah on SIMBAD.]

See also

• List of stars
• List of nearest stars
• List of most luminous stars

External links

• [26 Brightest Stars, as Seen from the Earth]
• [Bright Stars Worth Knowing]
• [The Brightest Stars at An Atlas of the Universe]
• [Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand Brighest List]
• [The Magnitude system]
• [About stellar magnitudes]

 

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