ORGANIZATION@1 , the brightest star in the night sky as seen from LOCATION@1 , is approximately NUMBER@1 times more luminous than the MISC@1 , while Canopus , the second brightest star in the night sky with an absolute magnitude of & minus ; NUMBER@2 , is approximately NUMBER@3 times more luminous than the Sun .

When seen in the night sky without a telescope , some stars appear brighter than other stars .
