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The 25 Brightest Stars

Name the brightest stars in the night sky!
Some stars can change their brightness. This is ignored, and a mean is used for their magnitude.
For a bit of background, star brightness is measured with "apparent magnitude". The lower the number, the brighter the star, confusingly. A star of mag 0 is brighter than one of mag 6. The human eye can see stars down to mag 6, and readily down to mag 4. Brighter stars are mag 2 and below.
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Magnitude
Info
Star
-26.7
Seen in the day.
Sun
-1.5
Brightest of the night.
Sirius
-0.7
So far away, yet so bright.
Canopus
-0.3
The 2nd closest star.
Alpha Centauri
-0.1
Luminous red giant.
Arcturus
0
Sapphire of the lyre.
Vega
0.1
Queen of the winter.
Capella
0.1
Orion's left foot.
Rigel
0.3
One of the closest.
Procyon
Magnitude
Info
Star
0.5
Blue of the river.
Achernar
0.5
Orion's right shoulder.
Betelgeuse
0.6
Close to #4 on this list.
Hadar
0.8
Of the Summer Triangle.
Altair
0.8
Of the Southern Cross.
Acrux
0.9
Famous, orange star.
Aldebaran
1
Heart of the scorpion.
Antares
1
"Speed on to.."
Spica
Magnitude
Info
Star
1.1
Another red giant.
Pollux
1.2
The #6 of the south.
Fomalhaut
1.3
Of the Summer Triangle.
Deneb
1.3
Of the Southern Cross.
Mimosa
1.4
Heart of the lion.
Regulus
1.5
Close to #2 of this list.
Adhara
1.6
Tail of the scorpion.
Shaula
1.6
Strongly linked with #18.
Castor
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