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The brightest star, as viewed from Earth, is Sirius, and it appears bluish-white to the human eye. It is classified as an A1Vm star and shares the color spectrum with other class-A stars.
Here the maximum visible magnitudes above the brightest star, Sirius (â1.46), are as follows. Excluding the Sun, the brightest objects are the Moon (â12.7), Venus (â4.89), Jupiter (â2.94), Mars (â2.91), Mercury (â2.45), and Saturn (â0.49).