16 BRIGHTEST STARS

(Visible in the Northern Hemisphere)

                     APPARENT
   STAR      DIST   BRIGHTNESS  LUMINOSITY  Temperature       TYPE
             (LY)    (Sun at    (Sun = 1)   of Surface(K)
                    32.6 LY=1)

1. Sirius     8.7      310       2.3x101    10,000     Bluish Main Sequence
                                                        + White Dwarf

2. Arcturus    36      86        7.6x101     3,900     Reddish Giant

3. Vega        27      80        5.2x101    11,000     Bluish Main Sequence

4. Capella     45      76        1.3x102     5,200     Whitish Giant

5. Rigel      900      74        8.9x104    12,000     Bluish Super Giant

6. Procyon     11      59        7.6x100     6,500     Whitish Main Sequence
                                                        + White Dwarf
                                    
7. Betelgeuse 520      57        2.0x104     3,300     Reddish Giant

8. Altair      16      41        1.0x101     8,500     Bluish Main Sequence

9. Aldebaran   68      39        6.9x102     3,800     Reddish Giant

10. Spica     220      34        1.9x103    20,000     Bluish Main Sequence

11. Antares   520      35        3.6x103     3,000     Reddish Giant

12. Pollux     35      29        3.6x101     4,100     Reddish Giant

13. Fomalhaut  23      28        1.2x101     9,100     Bluish Main Sequence

14. Deneb    1600      26        5.3x104     9,100     Bluish Super Giant

15. Regulus    85      24        1.5x102    13,000     Bluish Main Sequence

16. Castor     45      20        5.3x101    10,000     Whitish Main Sequence
NOTE: 101= 10, 102 = 100 etc.
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