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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.
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9 comments:

  1. raghavOctober 17, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    appaent magnitude
    1.sun
    2.sirius

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  2. AdiOctober 17, 2011 at 6:07 PM

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

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  3. Roopak KOctober 18, 2011 at 10:26 AM

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

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  4. vishnuOctober 18, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    brightest stars

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  5. NarimOctober 19, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    brightest stars

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  6. wheelsandwingsOctober 20, 2011 at 8:21 AM

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

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  7. AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 6:03 PM

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

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  8. RishikeshOctober 22, 2011 at 10:34 PM

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

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  9. AnonymousOctober 23, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    sun , sirius
    brightness of stars
    apparent magnitude is the scale
    - sukanto

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