Brightest Stars
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Transcript: The brightest stars in the night sky are not exactly like the Sun. In fact almost all of them are hotter, more massive, and more luminous. Most of the brightest stars in the sky are luminous main sequence stars, red giants, or supergiants. Each of the seventeen brightest stars in the sky is more luminous than the Sun. The brightest ten in order are Sirius, Canopus, Arcturus, Alpha Centauri, Vega, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Achernar, and Hadar.
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