Apparent magnitude
Table of notable celestial objects
Table:
Apparent visual magnitudes of known celestial objects

Apparent
magnitude
(V)

Object

Seen from...

Notes

−67.57
gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B
seen from 1 AU away

−44.00
star R136a1
seen from 1 AU away

−40.07
star Zeta1 Scorpii
seen from 1 AU away

−38.00
star Rigel
seen from 1 AU away

It would be seen as a large very bright bluish disk of 35° apparent diameter.

−30.30
star Sirius A
seen from 1 AU away

−29.30
star Sun
seen from Mercury at perihelion

−27.40
star Sun
seen from Venus at perihelion

−26.74
star Sun
seen from Earth[13]

About 400,000 times brighter than mean full moon

−25.60
star Sun
seen from Mars at aphelion

−25.00
Minimum brightness that causes the typical eye slight pain to look at

−23.00
star Sun
seen from Jupiter at aphelion

−21.70
star Sun
seen from Saturn at aphelion

−20.20
star Sun
seen from Uranus at aphelion

−19.30
star Sun
seen from Neptune

−18.20
star Sun
seen from Pluto at aphelion

−16.70
star Sun
seen from Eris at aphelion

−14.20
An illumination level of 1 lux[14][15]

−12.90
full moon
seen from Earth at perihelion

maximum brightness of perigee + perihelion + full moon (mean distance value is −12.74,[16] though values are about 0.18 magnitude brighter when including the opposition effect)

−11.20
star Sun
seen from Sedna at aphelion

−10.00
Comet Ikeya–Seki (1965)
seen from Earth

which was the brightest Kreutz Sungrazer of modern times[17]

−9.50
Iridium (satellite) flare
seen from Earth

maximum brightness

−7.50
supernova of 1006
seen from Earth

the brightest stellar event in recorded history (7200 light-years away)[18]

−6.50
The total integrated magnitude of the night sky
seen from Earth

−6.00
Crab Supernova of 1054
seen from Earth

(6500 light-years away)[19]

−5.90
International Space Station
seen from Earth

when the ISS is at its perigee and fully lit by the Sun[20]

−4.92
planet Venus
seen from Earth

maximum brightness[21] when illuminated as a crescent

−4.14
planet Venus
seen from Earth

mean brightness[21]

−4
Faintest objects observable during the day with naked eye when Sun is high

−3.99
star Epsilon Canis Majoris
seen from Earth

maximum brightness of 4.7 million years ago, the historical brightest star of the last and next five million years

−2.98
planet Venus
seen from Earth

minimum brightness when it is on the far side of the Sun[21]

−2.94
planet Jupiter
seen from Earth

maximum brightness[21]

−2.94
planet Mars
seen from Earth

maximum brightness[21]

−2.5
Faintest objects visible during the day with naked eye when Sun is less than 10° above the horizon

−2.50
new moon
seen from Earth

minimum brightness

−2.48
planet Mercury
seen from Earth

maximum brightness at superior conjunction (unlike Venus, Mercury is at its brightest when on the far side of the Sun, the reason being their different phase curves)[21]

−2.20
planet Jupiter
seen from Earth

mean brightness[21]

−1.66
planet Jupiter
seen from Earth

minimum brightness[21]

−1.47
star system Sirius
seen from Earth

Brightest star except for the Sun at visible wavelengths[22]

−0.83
star Eta Carinae
seen from Earth

apparent brightness as a supernova impostor in April 1843

−0.72
star Canopus
seen from Earth

2nd brightest star in night sky[23]

−0.55
planet Saturn
seen from Earth

maximum brightness near opposition and perihelion when the rings are angled toward Earth[21]

−0.3
Halley's comet
seen from Earth

Expected apparent magnitude at 2061 passage

−0.27
star system Alpha Centauri AB
seen from Earth

Combined magnitude (3rd brightest star in night sky)

−0.04
star Arcturus
seen from Earth

4th brightest star to the naked eye[24]

−0.01
star Alpha Centauri A
seen from Earth

4th brightest individual star visible telescopically in the night sky

+0.03
star Vega
seen from Earth

which was originally chosen as a definition of the zero point[25]

+0.23
planet Mercury
seen from Earth

mean brightness[21]

+0.50
star Sun
seen from Alpha Centauri

+0.46
planet Saturn
seen from Earth

mean brightness[21]

+0.71
planet Mars
seen from Earth

mean brightness[21]

+1.17
planet Saturn
seen from Earth

minimum brightness[21]

+1.86
planet Mars
seen from Earth

minimum brightness[21]

+3.03
supernova SN 1987A
seen from Earth

in the Large Magellanic Cloud (160,000 light-years away)

+3 to +4
Faintest stars visible in an urban neighborhood with naked eye

+3.44
Andromeda Galaxy
seen from Earth

M31[26]

+4

Orion Nebula

seen from Earth

M42

+4.38
moon Ganymede
seen from Earth

maximum brightness[27] (moon of Jupiter and the largest moon in the Solar System)

+4.50
open cluster M41
seen from Earth

an open cluster that may have been seen by Aristotle[28]

+4.5

Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

seen from Earth

+5.20
asteroid Vesta
seen from Earth

maximum brightness

+5.38[29]

planet Uranus
seen from Earth

maximum brightness[21]

+5.68
planet Uranus
seen from Earth

mean brightness[21]

+5.72
spiral galaxy M33
seen from Earth

which is used as a test for naked eye seeing under dark skies[30][31]

+5.8
gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B
seen from Earth

Peak visual magnitude (the "Clarke Event") seen on Earth on March 19, 2008 from a distance of 7.5 billion light-years.

+6.03
planet Uranus
seen from Earth

minimum brightness[21]

+6.49
asteroid Pallas
seen from Earth

maximum brightness

+6.5
Approximate limit of stars observed by a mean naked eye observer under very good conditions. There are about 9,500 stars visible to mag 6.5.[1]

+6.64
dwarf planet Ceres
seen from Earth

maximum brightness

+6.75
asteroid Iris
seen from Earth

maximum brightness

+6.90
spiral galaxy M81
seen from Earth

This is an extreme naked-eyetarget that pushes human eyesight and the Bortle scale to the limit[32]

+7 to +8
Extreme naked-eye limit, Class 1 on Bortle scale, the darkest skies available on Earth[33]

+7.25
planet Mercury
seen from Earth

minimum brightness[21]

+7.67[34]
planet Neptune
seen from Earth

maximum brightness[21]

+7.78
planet Neptune
seen from Earth

mean brightness[21]

+8.00
planet Neptune
seen from Earth

minimum brightness[21]

+8.10
moon Titan
seen from Earth

maximum brightness; largest moon of Saturn;[35][36] mean opposition magnitude 8.4[37]

+8.29

star UY Scuti

seen from Earth

Maximum brightness; largest known star by radius

+8.94
asteroid 10 Hygiea
seen from Earth

maximum brightness[38]

+9.50
Faintest objects visible using common 7×50 binoculars under typical conditions[39]

+10.20
moon Iapetus
seen from Earth

maximum brightness[36], brightest when west of Saturn and takes 40 days to switch sides

+10.7

Luhman 16

seen from Earth

Closest brown dwarfs

+11.05

star Proxima Centauri

seen from Earth

2nd closest star

+11.8

moon Phobos

seen from Earth

Maximum brightness; brightest moon of Mars

+12.23

star R136a1

seen from Earth

Most luminous and massive star known[40]

+12.89

moon Deimos

seen from Earth

Maximum brightness

+12.91
quasar 3C 273
seen from Earth

brightest (luminosity distance of 2.4 billion light-years)

+13.42
moon Triton
seen from Earth

Maximum brightness[37]

+13.65
dwarf planet Pluto
seen from Earth

maximum brightness[41], 725 times fainter than magnitude 6.5 naked eye skies

+13.9

moon Titania

seen from Earth

Maximum brightness; brightest moon of Uranus

+14.1

star WR 102

seen from Earth

Hottest known star

+15.4
centaur Chiron
seen from Earth

maximum brightness[42]

+15.55
moon Charon
seen from Earth

maximum brightness (the largest moon of Pluto)

+16.8
dwarf planet Makemake
seen from Earth

Current opposition brightness[43]

+17.27
dwarf planet Haumea
seen from Earth

Current opposition brightness[44]

+18.7
dwarf planet Eris
seen from Earth

Current opposition brightness

+20.7
moon Callirrhoe
seen from Earth

(small ~8 km satellite of Jupiter)[37]

+22
Faintest objects observable in visible light with a 600 mm (24″) Ritchey-Chrétien telescope with 30 minutes of stacked images (6 subframes at 5 minutes each) using a CCD detector[45]

+22.91
moon Hydra
seen from Earth

maximum brightness of Pluto's moon

+23.38
moon Nix
seen from Earth

maximum brightness of Pluto's moon

+25.0
moon Fenrir
seen from Earth

(small ~4 km satellite of Saturn)[46]

+27.6
planet Jupiter
seen from Earth

if it were located 5,000 AU (750 billion km) from the Sun[47]

+27.7
Faintest objects observable with an 8-meter class ground-based telescope such as the Subaru Telescope in a 10-hour image[48]

+28.2
Halley's Comet
seen from Earth

in 2003 when it was 28 AU from the Sun[49]

+28.4
asteroid 2003 BH91
seen from Earth

observed magnitude of ~15-kilometer Kuiper belt object Seen by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in 2003, dimmest known directly-observed asteroid.

+31.5
Faintest objects observable in visible light with Hubble Space Telescope[50]

+34
Faintest objects observable in visible light with James Webb Space Telescope[51]

+35
unnamed asteroid
seen from Earth

expected magnitude of dimmest known asteroid, a 950-meter Kuiper belt object discovered by the HST passing in front of a star in 2009.[52]

+35
star LBV 1806-20
seen from Earth

a luminous blue variable star, expected magnitude at visible wavelengths due to interstellar extinction

See also: List of brightest stars

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