Statistics for The 25 Brightest Stars

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Magnitude	Info	Star	% Correct
-26.7	Seen in the day.	Sun	95%
0.5	Orion's right shoulder.	Betelgeuse	91%
-0.3	The 2nd closest star.	Alpha Centauri	88%
-1.5	Brightest of the night.	Sirius	88%
0.1	Orion's left foot.	Rigel	86%
0	Sapphire of the lyre.	Vega	80%
0.8	Of the Summer Triangle.	Altair	70%
-0.7	So far away, yet so bright.	Canopus	70%
1	Heart of the scorpion.	Antares	66%
-0.1	Luminous red giant.	Arcturus	66%
0.9	Famous, orange star.	Aldebaran	64%
0.3	One of the closest.	Procyon	64%
1.3	Of the Summer Triangle.	Deneb	63%
0.1	Queen of the winter.	Capella	59%
0.8	Of the Southern Cross.	Acrux	57%
1.1	Another red giant.	Pollux	50%
0.5	Blue of the river.	Achernar	48%
1.6	Strongly linked with #18.	Castor	48%
0.6	Close to #4 on this list.	Hadar	48%
1	"Speed on to.."	Spica	48%
1.4	Heart of the lion.	Regulus	46%
1.2	The #6 of the south.	Fomalhaut	38%
1.3	Of the Southern Cross.	Mimosa	38%
1.6	Tail of the scorpion.	Shaula	25%
1.5	Close to #2 of this list.	Adhara	23%