All the stars which you see with your naked eyes in the night sky, are belonging to the Milky Way Galaxy. Stars are giant shining spheres of hot gas which are made of hydrogen, smaller amounts of helium, and trace amounts of other elements.
“The characteristics of the stars”
Brightness: it depends on the surface temperature and size of the star, the distance between Earth and the star can affect the light and brightness of the star which we see.
Color: it depends on the surface temperature of the star; it might appear to have one color, but actually it comes in different colors from reddish to yellowish to blue.
Size: stars differ in their sizes, but the size of any star affects its brightness.
The surface temperature: it depends on the mass of the star and it also affects its color and brightness.
” Names of the top 10 most brightest stars in the sky”
1. Sirius or the Dog star: it is the brightest star in the sky.
2. Canopus: the second brightest star in the sky.
3. Rigel Kentaurus or Alpha Centauri: it is the third brightest star in the sky.
4. Arcturus: it is the fourth brightest star in the entire sky and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes.
5. Vega: it is the fifth brightest star in the sky and it is about 25 light-years from Earth.
6. Capella: it is the sixth brightest star and it is a yellow giant star such like the sun but much larger.
7. Rigel: the seventh brightest star and it is a blue super giant and part of a 4 star system.
8. Procyon: it is the eighth brightest star in the sky. It is one of the closer stars to Earth. It is a yellow-white star and at 11.4 light years.
9. Achernar: it is the ninth brightest star and it is a bluish-white super giant star. It is about 69 light years from Earth.
10. Betelgeuse: it is the tenth brightest star in the sky. It is a red super giant star that about 13,000 times brighter than the sun and over 1000 times larger.