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The brightest stars when observed from the planet Earth

A larger value of apparent magnitude means a lower brightness of the star observed from Earth

List format: name of the star: its apparent magnitude

1. Sun: -26.74
2. Sirius: -1.46
3. Canopus: -0.74
4. Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B: -0.27 together (0.01 + 1.33 separately)
5. Arcturus: -0.05
6. Vega: 0.03 (average)
7. Capella: 0.08 (average)
8. Rigel: 0.13 (average)
9. Procyon: 0.34
10. Achernar: 0.46 (average)
11. Betelgeuse: 0.50 (average)
12. Hadar: 0.61
13. Altair: 0.76
14. Acrux: 0.76 (average)
15. Aldebaran: 0.86 (average)
16. Antares: 0.96 (average)
17. Spica: 0.97 (average)
18. Pollux: 1.14
19. Fomalhaut: 1.16
20. Deneb: 1.25 (average)

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