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> The star system, normally magnitude +10, which is far too dim to see with the unaided eye, will jump to magnitude +2 during the event. This will be of similar

> The star system, normally magnitude +10, which is far too dim to see with the unaided eye, will jump to magnitude +2 during the event. This will be of similar brightness to the North Star, Polaris. I've never been in the northern hemisphere so I don't know how bright the polaris is :(

lou1306 3y ago
Not that bright but it is visible to the naked eye even in presence of mild light pollution.
itishappy 3y ago
I've never been to the southern hemisphere either, but Wikipedia's got our back! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_stars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_stars Looks like similarly bright southern stars include some of the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Ceti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Ceti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Pavonis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Pavonis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Trianguli_Australis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Trianguli_Australis It's pretty bright, but not uniquely so. It'd be about the 20th brightest object in the sky (assuming even distribution).
denton-scratch 3y ago
It's visible with the naked eye, even in the presence of light pollution. But it's not eye-catching.
divbzero 3y ago
I’ve never been in the southern hemisphere and have always wondered how easy it is to find the Southern Cross.
- yakireev 3y ago
  This was the first thing I did when I landed in the South. Answer: very easy. You know the shape from the flags and logos, you can't miss it. Magellanic clouds are harder to see, and require a place with little or no light pollution, but they're there too. Fun fact: in Chile they sell tours to look at the sky - in Atacama desert, where light pollution is very low. A bus brings you to the desert and you look up. They also provide a tour guide who knows the sky and has a laser pointer (yes, strong laser pointers can be used to point to objects in sky). Sounds ridiculous, but is 100% worth the money. The view of Milky Way in its full unpolluted southern glory is breathtaking. A go-to joke of the tour guides. Question: "So, you are in Chile and there's no polar star. How do you tell where's north?". Answer, after some ideas from tourists: "See the mountains over there? That's east. Like I said, you're in Chile."

lou1306 3y ago

Not that bright but it is visible to the naked eye even in presence of mild light pollution.

itishappy 3y ago

I've never been to the southern hemisphere either, but Wikipedia's got our back! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_stars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_stars Looks like similarly bright southern stars include some of the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Ceti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Ceti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Pavonis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Pavonis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Trianguli_Australis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Trianguli_Australis It's pretty bright, but not uniquely so. It'd be about the 20th brightest object in the sky (assuming even distribution).

denton-scratch 3y ago

It's visible with the naked eye, even in the presence of light pollution. But it's not eye-catching.

divbzero 3y ago

I’ve never been in the southern hemisphere and have always wondered how easy it is to find the Southern Cross.

yakireev 3y ago
This was the first thing I did when I landed in the South. Answer: very easy. You know the shape from the flags and logos, you can't miss it. Magellanic clouds are harder to see, and require a place with little or no light pollution, but they're there too. Fun fact: in Chile they sell tours to look at the sky - in Atacama desert, where light pollution is very low. A bus brings you to the desert and you look up. They also provide a tour guide who knows the sky and has a laser pointer (yes, strong laser pointers can be used to point to objects in sky). Sounds ridiculous, but is 100% worth the money. The view of Milky Way in its full unpolluted southern glory is breathtaking. A go-to joke of the tour guides. Question: "So, you are in Chile and there's no polar star. How do you tell where's north?". Answer, after some ideas from tourists: "See the mountains over there? That's east. Like I said, you're in Chile."