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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.
Sirius (/ËsÉªri.És/, a romanization of Greek ÏÎµÎ¯ÏÎ¹Î¿Ï, Seirios, lit. glowing or scorching) is a star system and the brightest star in the Earth's night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of â1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star.