Besides the sun what is the brightest star?

Answer 1

The moon is exceptionally bright when it is in a "fuller" phase. In some instances, you can read by moonlight. The moon, however, only reflects light. The second brightest object in the night sky next to the moon is Venus. It, too, reflects light. Sirius, the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the night sky.

Answer 2

The planet Venus.
The brightest object in the sky after Sun and Moon is Venus.

Actually, the brightness of Venus varies, but around its maximum brightness Venus certainly looks brighter than anything except the Sun and Moon.

Answer 3

The brightest object in the night sky is the Moon, when visible. Next is Venus, if visible, and then Jupiter, if visible.

When Venus gets too close to the Sun in the sky, as it is now, it can't be seen, so Venus is the answer to your question.

Answer 4

The sun looks brightest from Earth because we're so close to it.

Besides the sun, the star that looks brightest in the sky is Sirius,

in the constellation Canis Major (the Big Dog), just east of Orion.

Answer 5

With the naked eye yes.... but not in reality. Our sun is not even the brightest thing we can see. We only see our moon because there is light reflecting off of it from the sun. The sun is just a star. There are starts that we know about that are much bigger and/or brighter. Go to YouTube.com and type in the search "star size comparison hd" try to keep track of where our sun is on the table.... you cant.

Answer 6

The planet Venus is #3. Depending on its orbital position relative to the earth,

Venus' apparent magnitude varies from -3.82, when it's on the opposite side of

the sun, to -4.89, at maximum brightness as an illuminated crescent.

The brightest star, after the sun, is Sirius, with an apparent magnitude of -1.47 .

Answer 7

List of brightest objects as seen from Earth (Apparent Magnitude greater the 0) :-

1. Sun, -26.74
2. Moon, -12.9 (Max) - Satelite
3. Venus, -4.6 (Max) - Planet
4. Jupiter -2.94 (Max) - Planet
5. Mars, -2.91 (Max) - Planet
6. Mercury, -2.3 (Max) - Planet
7. Sirius A (Alpha Canis Magoris), -1.46 - Star
8. Canopus (Alpha Carinae), -0.72 - Star
9. Alpha Centauri, -0.27 - Star System (A + B)
10. Saturn -0.24 (Max) - Planet
11. Arcturus (Alpha Bootis), -0.04 (Max) - Star
12. Alpha Centauri A, -0.01 - Star

Answer 8

Venus if it is up, then Jupiter if IT is up. Rarely are both planets in conjunction at the same time.

Answer 9

With the exception of very rare nova stars it is the planet Venus.

Answer 10

Generally, Venus and Jupiter, when visible, are brighter than any star. Among stars, Sirius and Canopus are at the top of the list, followed by Arcturus, Alpha Centauri and Vega.