What is the name of the second brightest star in a constellation?
Question #4740. Asked by Lesley Atherton.
Last updated May 20 2017.
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I believe that greek letters are used to designate the relative magnitude of the stars within a constellation. Hence, the second brightest star would be designated 'beta'.
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