What fraction of naked eye stars are in the three categories, bright, less bright, and faint?

According to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory star catalog, there are 39 'bright' stars between visual magnitudes from -2 to +2. There are 413 'less bright' stars between magnitudes of +2.01 and +4.00. There are 4291 'faint stars' between magnitudes of +4.01 and +6.00.


Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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