Top 10 Brightest stars as seen from earth
Brightest stars
Top 10 Brightest stars as seen from earth
1. Sirius :
In Constellation Canis Major with an Apparent Magnitude of -1.44 at a Distance of 9 light years away
2. Canopus :
In Constellation Carnia with an Apparent Magnitude of -0.62 at a Distance of 313 light years away
3. Arcturus :
In Constellation Bootes with an Apparent Magnitude of -0.05 at a Distance of 37 light years away
4. Rigil Kentaurus :
In Constellation Centaur with an Apparent Magnitude of -0.01 at a Distance of 4 light years away
5. Vega :
In Constellation
Lyra with an Apparent Magnitude of 0.03 at a Distance of 25 light years away
6. Rigel :
In Constellation
Orion
with an Apparent Magnitude of
0.12 at a Distance of 770 light years away
7. Procyon :
In Constellation Canis Minor
with an Apparent Magnitude of
0.34 at a Distance of 11 light years away
8. Betelgeuse :
In Constellation Orion
with an Apparent Magnitude 0.42 var of at a Distance of 640 light years away
9. Achernar :
In Constellation
Eridanus
with an Apparent Magnitude of
0.50 at a Distance of 140 light years away
10 . Hadar, Agena :
In Constellation Centaur
with an Apparent Magnitude 0.60 of at a Distance of 350 light years away
