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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.
Capella is the brightest star in the sky that is the same spectral class and colour as the Sun. It is the brightest yellow star in the sky. Capella is much larger and more luminous than the Sun, and also much more distant, at 42.2 light years, compared to the Sunâs 8 light-minutes.