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tiny tim | 21:37 Sun 30th Jan 2005 | Science
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Which is the brightest star north of the celestial equator?
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That would be Sirius... (serious)... (sorry).

Seen in the northern hemisphere December through March, it's the brightest star in the Canis Major (Great Dog) constellation...

00:34 Mon 31st Jan 2005
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Sirius has a declination of about -16 degress and is hence south of the celestial equator ( I suspect the questioner may have known this)

Arcturus is the brightest in the Northern celestial hemisphere.

You can check out the 26 brightest here http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/br ightest.html

11:31 Mon 31st Jan 2005
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Jake's answer is precisely correct... not to make excuses, but one needs to read the question closely, which I did not... Thanks!
14:56 Mon 31st Jan 2005
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Depending on your knowledge, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn are often mistaken for stars and are by far brighter than any star.

20:11 Mon 31st Jan 2005

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