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Working out exactly which stars were or will be the brightest at any given point in the past or future is difficult since it requires precise 3D proper motions of large numbers of stars and precise distances. [1] This information only started to become available with the 1997 Hipparcos satellite data release. [1]
Ave maris stella in a 14th-century antiphonary "Ave maris stella" (Latin for 'Hail, star of the sea') is a medieval Marian hymn, usually sung at Vespers.It was especially popular in the Middle Ages and has been used by many composers, as the basis of other compositions.
The Sun is the brightest star as viewed from Earth, at −26.78 mag. The second brightest is Sirius at −1.46 mag. For comparison, the brightest non-stellar objects in the Solar System have maximum brightnesses of: the Moon −12.7 mag [1] Venus −4.92 mag; Jupiter −2.94 mag; Mars −2.94 mag; Mercury −2.48 mag; Saturn −0.55 mag [2]
The first star in the list, Godzilla [1] — an LBV in the distant Sunburst galaxy — is probably the brightest star ever observed, although it is believed to be undergoing a temporary episode of increased luminosity that has lasted at least seven years, in a similar manner to the Great Eruption of Eta Carinae that was witnessed in the 19th ...
More recently, in 2024, two studies found evidence for a companion star. One study found that a not yet directly-observed, dust-modulating star or white dwarf of 1.17 ± 0.07 M ☉ at a distance of 8.60 ± 0.33 AU would be the most likely solution for Betelgeuse's 2170-day secondary periodicity, fluctuating radial velocity, moderate radius and ...
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Second brightest star in the night sky. Gacrux (γ Crucis) 73 [97] L/T eff: Twenty-sixth brightest star in the night sky. Polaris (α Ursae Minoris) 46.27 ± 0.42 [98] AD The current star in the North Pole. It is a Classical Cepheid variable, and the brightest example of its class. Aldebaran (α Tauri) 45.1 ± 0.1 [99] AD Fourteenth brightest ...
A song featuring George Harrison and Ringo Starr has been played in public for the first time, after the composer discovered the tape more than 50 years after it was recorded.