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Jos Bergervoet  
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 More options Jun 3 1998, 3:00 am
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From: berge...@iaehv.IAEhv.nl (Jos Bergervoet)
Date: 1998/06/03
Subject: HELP: missing star !?
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I read somewhere that Capella is the 6th brightest star (as seen from
earth.) But in trying to construct a list, I think I'm missing one.
Is my list incomplete or is Capella the 5th?

 1  Sirius   -1m5
 2  Canopus  -0m7
 3   ??  
 4? Arcturus  0m0
 5? Wega      0m1
 6  Capella   0m2
 7  Rigel     0m3

Thanks for any clues,
Jos


 
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Chris Franks  
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From: Chris Franks <cfra...@nospam.sc.hp.com>
Date: 1998/06/03
Subject: Re: HELP: missing star !?
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        #1 is commonly known as the Sun.
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RM Mentock  
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 More options Jun 3 1998, 3:00 am
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From: RM Mentock <ment...@mindspring.com>
Date: 1998/06/03
Subject: Re: HELP: missing star !?
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Jos Bergervoet wrote:

> I read somewhere that Capella is the 6th brightest star (as seen from
> earth.) But in trying to construct a list, I think I'm missing one.
> Is my list incomplete or is Capella the 5th?

>  1  Sirius   -1m5
>  2  Canopus  -0m7
>  3   ??
>  4? Arcturus  0m0
>  5? Wega      0m1
>  6  Capella   0m2
>  7  Rigel     0m3

Alpha Centauri -0m3

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Michael Mayer  
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 More options Jun 4 1998, 3:00 am
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From: Michael Mayer <mmay...@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
Date: 1998/06/04
Subject: Re: HELP: missing star !?
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On 3 Jun 1998, Jos Bergervoet wrote:

Hi, Jos !!!

Try the sun in our solar system (m=-26.78)...

Michael


 
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Jos R Bergervoet  
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From: berge...@natlab.research.philips.com (Jos R Bergervoet)
Date: 1998/06/04
Subject: Re: HELP: missing star !?
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Thanks to many helpful answers. I now know where to find my list on the
web. And of course it starts like:

 (0  Sun)
  1  Sirius   -1m5
  2  Canopus  -0m7
  3  Toliman  -0m1   a.k.a. alpha Centuri
  4  Arcturus  0m0
  5  Wega      0m1
  6  Capella   0m2
  7  Rigel     0m3

For Alpha-Cen, sometimes the magnitudes of its 2 main stars (0m3 + 1m7)
are given. That's why I first overlooked it!

Thanks,
Jos


 
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Chris Marriott  
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 More options Jun 4 1998, 3:00 am
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From: "Chris Marriott" <ch...@NOSPAM.skymap.com>
Date: 1998/06/04
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Jos Bergervoet wrote in message ...

>I read somewhere that Capella is the 6th brightest star (as seen from
>earth.) But in trying to construct a list, I think I'm missing one.
>Is my list incomplete or is Capella the 5th?

> 1  Sirius   -1m5
> 2  Canopus  -0m7
> 3   ??
> 4? Arcturus  0m0
> 5? Wega      0m1
> 6  Capella   0m2
> 7  Rigel     0m3

The obvious one you're missing is "The Sun" which should be number 1 on your
list at magnitude -26.8.

Chris
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