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Which is the brightest star north of the celestial equator? tiny tim (Sun 21:37 30/Jan/05)

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Clanad
(Mon 00:34 31/Jan/05)

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...

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jake-the-peg
(Mon 11:31 31/Jan/05)

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

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Clanad
(Mon 14:56 31/Jan/05)
Jake's answer is precisely correct... not to make excuses, but one needs to read the question closely, which I did not... Thanks!
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KebabMeister
(Mon 20:11 31/Jan/05)

Depending on your knowledge, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn are often mistaken for stars and are by far brighter than any star.

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