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which is the 10 brightest star???

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Answered by saivivek16
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The 10 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky

1 – Sirius. (Alpha Canis Majoris) The brightest star in the entire night sky is named Sirius. .... 2 – Canopus. (Alpha Carinae) .... 3 – Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri) .... 4 – Arcturus. .... 5 – Vega. .... 7 – Rigel. .... 8 – Procyon. .... 9 – Acherna 10 – Betelgeuse

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Answered by ammu1234562
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Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the sky. Its name comes from the Greek word for scorching.

Distance: 8.6 LY

Spectral Type: A1Vm

2.  Canopus

Named either for an ancient city in northern Egypt or the helmsman for Menelaus, Canopus is the second brightest star in the sky.

Distance: 74 LY

Spectral Type: F0II

3.  Rigil Kentaurus

Rigel Kentaurus, also known as Alpha Centauri, is the third brightest star in the sky. Its name literally means foot of the centaur.

Distance: 4.3 LY

Spectral Type: G2V

4.  Arcturus

Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Bootes, which is one of the oldest constellations in the night sky. It is the 4th-brightest star in the entire sky.

Distance: 34 LY

Spectral Type: 5IIIFe-0.5

5.  Vega

Vega is the fifth brightest star in the sky. Its name comes from the Arabic for the swooping eagle. Vega is about 25 light-years from Earth.

Distance: 25 LY

Spectral Type: A0Va

6.  Capella

The sixth brightest star in the sky, Capella's name is from the Latin for little she-goat. Capella is a yellow giant star, like our own sun, but much larger.

Distance: 41 LY

Spectral Type: G5IIIe+G0III

7.  Rigel

The seventh brightest star in the sky, Rigel's name is from the Arabic for foot, indicating its place in the constellation Orion. It is a blue supergiant and part of a 4 star system.

Distance: 1400 LY

Spectral Type: B8Ia

8.  Procyon

Procyon is the eighth brightest star night sky. It is a yellow-white star and at 11.4 light years, one of the closer stars to Earth.

Distance: 11.4 LY

Spectral Type: F5IV-V

9.  Achernar

The ninth brightest star night sky is Achernar. It is a bluish-white white supergiant star that is about 69 light years from Earth.

Distance: 69 LY

Spectral Type: B3Vpe

10.  Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse is the tenth brightest star in the sky. It is a red supergiant about 13,000 times brighter than our sun and over 1000 times larger. If you placed Betelgeuse in the place of our sun, it would extend past the orbit of Jupiter


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