Monday, October 17, 2011

Question 1262: Li8!

0. ______ : -26.74
1. ______ : -1.76
2. Canopus : -0.72
3. Arcturus : -0.04 (var)
4. Regil Kentaurus : -0.01
5. Vega : 0.03
6. Regal : 0.12
7. Procyon : 0.34
8. Betelgeuse : 0.42 (var)
.........
[non-exhaustive list]

FIB. Funda for the 'peculiar' ranking?

Note: Unit of given numbers is magnitude (m)
{could be used as a hint!}

Answer: 0.The Sun and 1. Sirius. These are the brightness of stars as viewed from earth. The list is mainly for stars visible in the night sky. So Sun is at the '0' position.

9 Answers:

raghav said...

appaent magnitude
1.sun
2.sirius

Adi said...

This is the list of names and measures? of the brightest stars.
The Sun comes at no1 and Sirius at no2.

Roopak K said...

Visual magnitude of brightnes of stars. 1) Sun 2) Sirius

vishnu said...

brightest stars

Narim said...

brightest stars

wheelsandwings said...

0: Sun
1: Sirius
absolute brightness (as seen from the earth) is the ranking

Anonymous said...

list of brightest stars
1st blank is sun nd 2nd is sirius

Rishikesh said...

0.The Sun
1. Sirius
These are the brightness of stars as viewed from earth.

Anonymous said...

sun , sirius
brightness of stars
apparent magnitude is the scale
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