As a starting point, the sun's absolute brightness is much higher than this star...

mangeletti on Feb 18, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Alien star system buzzed the Sun

As a starting point, the sun's absolute brightness is much higher than this star's, and this star supposedly came within .8 light years of us. That's 50,591 further than Earth is from the sun, which means it would be no brighter than most of the stars you see in the sky... unfortunate, huh :(

mangeletti on Feb 20, 2015 [–]

I meant "50,591 times further".