Tinker's Guild Brightest Stars

 

The Brightest Stars

Star	Name	Apparent Visual Magnitude (mv )	Spectral Type	Absolute Visual Magnitude (Mv )	Distance (ly)
CMa A	Sirius	-1.47	A1	1.4	8.7
Car	Canopus	-0.72	F0	-3.1	98
Cen	Rigel Kentaurus	-0.01	G2	4.4	4.3
Boo	Arcturus	-0.06	K2	-0.3	36
Lyr	Vega	0.04	A0	0.5	26.5
Aur	Capella	0.05	G8	-0.6	45
Ori A	Rigel	0.14	B8	-7.1	900
CMi A	Procyon	0.37	F5	2.7	11.3
Ori	Betelgeuse	0.41	M2	-5.6	520
Eri	Achernar	0.51	B3	-2.3	118
Cen AB	Hadar	0.63	B1	-5.2	490
Aql	Altair	0.77	A7	2.2	16.5
Tau A	Aldebaran	0.86	K5	-0.7	68
Cru	Acrux	0.90	B2	-3.5	260
Vir	Spica	0.91	B1	-3.3	220
Sco A	Antares	0.92	M1	-5.1	520
PsA	Fomalhaut	1.15	A3	2.0	22.6
Gem	Pollux	1.16	K0	1.0	35
Cyg	Deneb	1.26	A2	-7.1	1600
Cru	Beta Crucis	1.28	B0.5	-4.6	490

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