What is the list below showing us?
Q: What is the list below showing us?
A: The list below shows the 50 brightest individual stars in order of their average apparent magnitudes in the visible spectrum as seen from Earth.
Q: How many stars are visible to the naked eye on a clear dark night?
A: About 9000 stars are visible to the naked eye on a clear dark night, in a place far from cities and lights.
Q: Is the list below the same as a list of the brightest stars as seen with the naked eye?
A: No, the list below is not the same as a list of the brightest stars as seen with the naked eye, because close binary or multiple star systems will appear as a single star brighter than their individual components.
Q: What is the apparent magnitude of Alpha Centauri?
A: The binary system Alpha Centauri has an apparent magnitude of -0.27.
Q: What is the brightest individual star in Alpha Centauri?
A: The brightest individual star in Alpha Centauri is Alpha Centauri A, with an apparent magnitude listed here of -0.01.
Q: What is the position of Alpha Centauri among the brightest stars in the night sky?
A: Alpha Centauri is the third brightest star in the night sky.
Q: Is Alpha Centauri A the brightest individual star in the night sky?
A: No, Alpha Centauri A is the fourth brightest individual star in the night sky.
