So when numbers started being assigned, 1 was brightest, 2 was less bright, 3 less bright still, and so on into the telescope-only ranges: 7, 8, 9 and on. So the brightest star in the sky, Sirius ...

Among those is the brightest star in Orion’s sword, designated HR1899 in the Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 45 Orionis by Flamsteed number, and Iota Orionis by Bayer’s Greek letter system.

The total number of stars that can be seen with the naked eye is 9,095, according to the Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Edition. This number includes both hemispheres of our planet, ...

What is the bright star in the east right now? Venus, the bright "Morning Star," shines brilliantly in the pre-dawn sky this weekend, close to a much dimmer Saturn.