list of brightest stars

Bright stars are bright because they have high luminosities and/or they are nearby. Below are the 90 brightest individual stars as seen from Earth in visible wavelengths (apparent magnitude less than or equal to +2.50). The number of observable stars increases rapidly as the magnitude increases[1], so a more inclusive list would be long indeed. The sky has been mapped almost completely up to +11 in visible wavelengths, and continuing surveys are cataloging even much fainter objects.
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