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For clarity, #1 is the Sun and #2 is the Moon. ISS is brighter than literally everything else in space, including all the other stars and planets.

JonathonW on Nov 1, 2022 [–]

ISS isn't always brighter than Venus, which can get almost to magnitude -5 when things line up right.

The ISS will still generally be the first, second, or third brightest thing in the night sky on a good, near-overhead pass.

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