List the six brightest stars in the earth’s sky, starting with the brightest. Does this sequence always remain the same?
September 17, 2020 | Education
| Most often, the sequence of the six brightest luminaries in the sky looks like this: Sun, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Sirius, Canopus. But this six can be periodically “invaded” by the planet Mars, which during confrontations can reach sixth or fifth place, and during great confrontations – even to fourth place. The planet Mercury can rise to the sixth place, and during periods of invisibility during the upper conjunctions – up to the fifth place. But Saturn always remains, albeit slightly, but weaker than Canopus and does not fall into the first six luminaries of the sky.
