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First magnitude star

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First magnitude stars are the brightest stars in the night sky, with a magnitude of -1, 0 and +1.^[1][2]Hipparchus, in the 1st century B.C., introduced the magnitude scale. He allocated first magnitude to the 20 brightest stars and the sixth magnitude to the faintest stars visible to the naked eye.

In the 19th Century, this ancient scale of apparent magnitude was logarithmically defined—so that a star of 1,00 mag is exactly 100 times brighter than a star of 6,00 magnitude. The scale also was extended to even brighter celestial bodies like Sirius (-1,5 mag), Venus (-4 mag) or Sun (-26,7 mag).

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• 1Hipparchus
• 2Naked-eye magnitude system
• 3Distribution on the Sky
• 4Table of the 22 first magnitude stars
• 5See also
• 6Literature
• 7References

Hipparchus[edit]

Hipparchus ranked his stars in a very simple way. He listed the brightest stars as "of the first magnitude", which meant "the biggest." Stars less bright Hipparchus called "of the second magnitude", or second biggest. The faintest stars visible to the naked eye he called "of the sixth magnitude".^[3]

Naked-eye magnitude system[edit]

During a series of lectures given in 1736 at the University of Oxford, its then Professor of Astronomy explainedː^[4]

The fixed Stars appear to be of different Bignesses, not because they really are so, but because they are not all equally distant from us. Those that are nearest will excel in Lustre and Bigness; the more remote Stars will give a fainter Light, and appear smaller to the Eye. Hence arise the Distribution of Stars, according to their Order and Dignity, into Classes; the first Class containing those which are nearest to us, are called Stars of the first Magnitude; those that are next to them, are Stars of the second Magnitude ... and so forth, 'till we come to the Stars of the sixth Magnitude, which comprehend the smallest Stars that can be discerned with the bare Eye. For all the other Stars, which are only seen by the Help of a Telescope [...]

And even among those Stars which are reckoned of the brightest Class, there appears a Variety of Magnitude; for Sirius or Arcturus are each of them brighter than Aldebaran [...] And there are some Stars of such an intermedial Order, that the Astronomers have differed in classing of them; some putting the same Stars in one Class, others in another. For Example: The little Dog was by Tycho placed among the Stars of the second Magnitude, which Ptolemy reckoned among the Stars of the first Class [...]

Distribution on the Sky[edit]

In the modern scale, the 20 brightest stars of Hipparchos have magnitudes between -1,5 (Sirius) and +1,6 (Bellatrix, γ Orionis). The table below shows 22 stars brighter than +1,5 mag, but 5 of them the Greek astronomers probably didn't know for their far southern position.

Twelve of the 22 brightest stars are on the actual Northern sky, ten on Southern sky. But on the seasonal evening sky, they are unevenly distributed: In Europe and USA 12-13 stars are visible in winter, but only 6-7 in summer. Nine of the brightest winter stars are part of the Winter Hexagon or surrounded by it.

Table of the 22 first magnitude stars[edit]

(18 of them visible in Hipparchos' Greece)

	V Mag. (m)	Bayer designation	Proper name	Distance (ly)	Spectral class	SIMBAD
1	−1.46[5]	α CMa	Sirius	8.6	A1 V	Sirius A
2	−0.74[6]	α Car	Canopus	310	F0 Ia	Canopus
3	−0.27	α Cen AB (α1,2 Cen)	Rigil Kent, Toliman	4.4	G2 V/K1 V	Alpha Centauri
4	−0.05 var[7]	α Boo	Arcturus	37	K1.5 III	Arcturus
5	0.03	α Lyr	Vega	25	A0 V	Vega
6	0.08	α Aur	Capella	42	G8 III, G1 III	Capella A
7	0.12	β Ori	Rigel	860	B8 Iab	Rigel
8	0.34	α CMi	Procyon	11	F5 IV-V	Procyon
9	0.42 var	α Ori	Betelgeuse	640	M2 Iab	Betelgeuse
10	0.50	α Eri	Achernar	140	B3 Vpe	Achernar
11	0.60	β Cen	Agena, Hadar	350	B1 III	Hadar (Agena)
12	0.77	α Aql	Altair	17	A7 V	Altair
13	0.77	α Cru	Acrux	320	B1 V	Acrux A
14	0.85 var	α Tau	Aldebaran	65	K5 III	Aldebaran
15	0.96	α2 Aur	Capella B	42	G1 III	Capella B
16	1.04	α Vir	Spica	260	B1 III-IV, B2 V	Spica
17	1.09 var	α Sco	Antares	600	M1.5 Iab-b	Antares
18	1.15	β Gem	Pollux	34	K0 IIIb	Pollux
19	1.16	α PsA	Fomalhaut	25	A3 V	Fomalhaut
20	1.25	α Cyg	Deneb	2,600	A2 Ia	Deneb
21	1.30	β Cru	Mimosa, Becrux	350	B0.5 IV	Mimosa
22	1.35	α Leo	Regulus	77	B7 V	Regulus

See also[edit]

• Absolute magnitude
• List of bright stars

Literature[edit]

• Jeffrey Bennett et al., 2010: Astronomie. Die kosmische Perspektive (Ed. Harald Lesch), Chapter 15.1 (p. 735-737). Pearson Studium Verlag, München, ISBN 978-3-8273-7360-1
• H.Bernhard, D.Bennett, H.Rice, 1948: New Handbook of the Heavens, Chapter 5 (Stars of the Southern Sky). MaGraw-Hill, New York
• Patrick Moore, 1996: Brilliant Stars Cassell Publishers Limited ISBN 978-0-3043-4903-6
• James. B Kahler, "First Magnitude: A Book of the Bright Sky". World Scientific, 2013. 239 pages. ISBN 9814417424, 9789814417426

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ "First Magnitude Stars". stargazing.net. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
2. Jump up^ Learning the first magnitude stars. Campbell, Frederick. Journal: Popular Astronomy, 1917. Vol. 25, p.245
3. Jump up^ Alan MacRobert (1 August 2006). "The Stellar Magnitude System". skyandtelescope.com. Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
4. Jump up^ Keill, John (1739). An Introduction to the True Astronomy, 3rd ed. London: Henry Lintot. p. 47.
5. Jump up^ Hoffleit, D.; Warren, Jr., W. H. (1991). "Entry for HR 2491". Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version). CDS. ID V/50.
6. Jump up^ Ducati, J. R. (2002). "Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237: 0. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D. Vizier catalog entry
7. Jump up^ Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237: 0. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.

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