9 Cas vs Sol

Between magnitude −26.70 and +5.90 lies a factor of 10,964,781,961,432 in the light that reaches the eye. Set side by side at equal distance the ranking changes — absolute magnitudes of −14.10 and +4.85 leave 9 Cas roughly 38,018,940 times the more luminous. By spectral type the pair divides into an A-type star in Cassiopeia for 9 Cas and a star for Sol.