2/7/07 Visiual Magnitude Exercise: I hope they're right, for a moment I got confused if lower

magnitude numbers ment a brighter star or not.

Unknown Stars--
eta Aurigae- 3.3
beta Eridani- 2
gamma Orionis- 2
beta Tauri-1.5
delta Orionis- 2.8
zeta Orionis- 2
mu Geminorum- 3
xi Geminorum- 3.5
alpha Canis Majorum- (-1)
eta Canis Majorum- 2
alpha Geminorum- 1.8

Also- I glimpsed Venus drivig home from work, and another star about 7 degrees away. I don't know if Mercury is still visible or not, if it is than that 'star' might have been mercury.