Brightest Stars
Name | Bayer Designation | Magnitude | Spectral Type
Sirius | alpha Canis Majoris | -1.42 | A1 V
Canopus | alpha Carinae | -0.72 | F0 Ib
Alpha Centauri | alpha Centauri | -0.27 | G2 V
Arcturus | alpha Bootis | -0.06 | K2 III
Vega | alpha Lyrae | 0.04 | A0 V
Capella | alpha Aurigae | 0.06 | G8 III
Rigel | beta Orionis | 0.14 | B8 Ia
Procyon | alpha Canis Minoris | 0.35 | F5 IV
Achernar | alpha Eridani | 0.53 | B5 IV:
Hadar | beta Centuari | 0.66 | B1 II
Betelgeuse | alpha Orionis | v 0.70 | M2 Ia
Altair | alpha Aquilae | 0.77 | A7 V
Aldebaran | alpha Tauri | 0.86 | K5 III
Acrux | alpha Crucis | 0.87 | B1 IV
Antares | alpha Scorpii | v 0.92 | M1 Ib
Spica | alpha Virginis | v 1.00 | B1 V
Pollux | beta Geminorum | 1.16 | K0 III
Formalhaut | alpha Pisces Austrini | 1.17 | A3 V
Deneb | alpha Cygni | 1.26 | A2 Ia
Beta Crucis | beta Crucis | 1.28 | B0 IV
Regulus | alpha Leonis | 1.36 | B7 V
Adhara | epsilon Canis Majoris | 1.49 | B2 II
Castor | alpha Geminorum | 1.59 | A1 V
Shaula | lamdha Scorpii | 1.62 | B1 V
Bellatrix | ipsilon Orionis | 1.62 | B1 V
El Nath | beta Tauri | 1.65 | B7 III
Miaplacidus | beta Carinae | 1.67 | A1 IV
Gamma Crucis | ghama Crucis | 1.67 | A1 IV
Alnilam | epsilon Orionis | 1.70 | B0 Ia
Al Na'Ir | alpha Gruis | 1.76 | B5 V
Alnitak | zita Orionis | 1.79 | O9 Ib
Alioth | epsilon Ursae Majoris | 1.79 | A0p
Mirfak | alpha Persei | 1.79 | F5 Ib
Dubhe | alpha Ursae Majoris | 1.81 | K0 II
Kaus Australis | epsilon Sagittarii | 1.81 | B9 IV
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