There's no possible way this is the brightest thing in the night sky - it's simply not that big, and most of the light that hits it will not be going towards yo

There's no possible way this is the brightest thing in the night sky - it's simply not that big, and most of the light that hits it will not be going towards you because of the facets. The only number I've seen puts it at 4.0 magnitude when flashing. That's hard to see with the naked eye from a US city, and there are about 500 stars brighter than that.