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  • Capella on Random Brightest Stars in the Sky

    (#12) Capella

    Magnitude: 0.76

    In the constellation Auriga, Capella is actually a star system of four stars. The first two are large giant stars (each with a radius 10 times our sun's) in close orbit around each other, and are on their coolin' way to becoming red giants. The second pair are two small, faint red dwarfs. Put them all together and they make up the twelfth brightest star in the sky... only about 42 light years away.
  • Altair on Random Brightest Stars in the Sky

    (#13) Altair

    Magnitude: 0.77

    Another of the three points in the Summer Triangle (along with Vega and Deneb), Altair is an A-Type Main Sequence star with about 1.8 times the mass of our sun and 11 times the luminosity. It resides in the constellation Aquila and it is one of the first and only stars for which a direct image has been retained (in 2006).
  • Fomalhaut on Random Brightest Stars in the Sky

    (#17) Fomalhaut

    Magnitude: 1.16

    In the constellation Piscis Austrinus, Fomalhaut is another star in the Southern Hemisphere. Its about 25 light years away from earth, and it is believed to be a pretty young star - maybe only 100-300 million years old. Weirdly, it's metal-deficient when compared to our sun. Fomalhaut is also a member of the visible planet club.
  • Regulus on Random Brightest Stars in the Sky

    (#20) Regulus

    Magnitude: 1.35

    Regulus is another star that you've probably seen more than you realize. It's pretty close to the Big Dipper, which tends to spend a lot of time in the sky, so if you just look right below it and see the backwards question mark, that's Leo. And in Leo, is Regulus. Regulus is a blue-white Main Sequence star that is 3.5 times the sun's mass. A young star, its only a few hundred million years old.
  • Procyon on Random Brightest Stars in the Sky

    (#6) Procyon

    Magnitude: 0.34

    Procyon is another point in the Winter Triangle (along with Betelguese and Sirius). It's in the constellation Canus Minor. You can see it just above Sirius, next to Orion. It's a white star, bright for its class, which suggests its going to start expanding "soon." Procyon is about 1.4 times the mass of our sun and 7.5 times more luminous.
  • Alpha Centauri on Random Brightest Stars in the Sky

    (#5) Alpha Centauri

    Magnitude: 1.33

    You see Alpha Centauri as one star, but it's actually a binary system comprised of A and B. There's even a third star associated with the system called Proxima which is the closest star to our sun. If you have a telescope, you can actually see both stars, and they say that ancient Greek and Arab armies used to use its duality as an eye test for their men. This group of three stars is in the constellation Centaurus, and can only really be seen by folks in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Without other disturbances such as lights and pollution, people can see the countless stars and even the Milky Way on a clear sky. There are hundreds of billions of stars, and nebulae in the Milky Way and space, but not all the stars can be seen from the earth. Many people think that the sun is the brightest in space, that is a misunderstanding.

Mars is the only planet visible after night falls, Sirius is one of the brightest stars, you can easily find it in the winter sky of the northern hemisphere because it is relatively close to the earth. The random tool lists 20 brightest stars in the sky you should know.

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