[Drew68]

Betelgeuse is already one of the brightest stars in the night sky, sitting somewhere around the 8th or 9th brightest star in the night sky. (These lists don’t include the Sun, which is somewhat obviously always the brightest object in the sky.)

Why would any list of brightest objects in the night sky include the sun?

[Verginius Rufus]

Why would any list of brightest objects in the night sky include the sun?

Beats me, but it reminds me of an old joke:

Two drunks stumble out of a bar at closing time. One of them sees a bright object in the sky and asks the other, "Is that the sun or the moon?" The other man answers, "Sorry, I'm a stranger around here myself."

[Verginius Rufus]

Why would any list of brightest objects in the night sky include the sun?

Beats me, but it reminds me of an old joke:

Two drunks stumble out of a bar at closing time. One of them sees a bright object in the sky and asks the other, "Is that the sun or the moon?" The other man answers, "Sorry, I'm a stranger around here myself."