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The brightest star that is not the sun is Sirus. Sirus is a 1st magnitude star. Sirus is 8.7 light years away from Earth, which is not to far away(for a star at least). Sirus is obviously not too big but is very bright and close to Earth! Sirus is in the constellation Canis Major, which in English means "Big Dog".

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The brightest type of star is a type "O" star or hypergiant, whose luminosity is greater than 30,000 Suns.

The brightest star, after our own Sun, is Sirius. While only 25 time more luminous than our own Sun, it is the closeness to Earth that makes it so bright.

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Brightness (Apparent magnitude) is a function of luminosity and distance.

So a very luminous star 500 light years away will not be as bright as a dim star a light year away.

From the same vantage point (Absolute magnitude) then a hotter star will be brighter.

See related question for the difference between apparent and absolute magnitude.

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The Sun is the brightest star - after that, Sirius.

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