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Originally Posted by GundamAce
(This is incorrect, by the way. Alpha Orionis is the eighth brightest star, not the ninth. While it says it's the ninth brightest on the Japanese Wikipedia, the English Wikipedia lists it as the eighth.)
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It's correct. And you could also say it's the eight, and the tenth, and probably the seventh and eleventh as well. Alpha Orionis's brightness keeps changing over time, so where it ranks in the brightest star list depends on when you measure its brightness.