Sirius
Night sky's brightest
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, located in the constellation Canis Major (the Greater Dog).
Its position gives it the name the Dog Star, and its appearance in late summer gave rise to the phrase dog days—the ancient belief that Sirius added its heat to the sun's during that period.
Brightest visible star
- binary starTwo stars orbiting together
- white dwarfExhausted star's compact corpse
- night skyDarkness above after sunset
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
stellar · astronomy · celestial · Orion · Betelgeuse · astrophotography · stargazing
Relating to the pharaohs' land
- IsisEgyptian magic goddess
- AnubisEgyptian mortuary deity
- dog daysHottest summer weeks
- ancient astronomyEarly study of celestial bodies
Male baptismal guardian
- Order of PhoenixSecret society opposing evil
- Harry PotterFictional adolescent sorcerer
- escaped prisonerFled inmate
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Dog Star
Brightest visible star
- binary starTwo stars orbiting together
- white dwarfExhausted star's compact corpse
- night skyDarkness above after sunset
luminosity · stellar · astronomy · celestial · Orion · Betelgeuse · astrophotography · stargazing
Egyptian
Relating to the pharaohs' land
ancient astronomy · Greek · Roman · sacred · omen
godfather
Male baptismal guardian
- Order of PhoenixSecret society opposing evil
- Harry PotterFictional adolescent sorcerer
- escaped prisonerFled inmate
satellite radio
Audio via orbiting transmitters
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- broadcastingMass signal transmission
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- Star NamesPolaris, Vega, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Arcturus
- Canis MajorDog Star
- Egyptian astronomystar maps, Nut, Orion, lunar calendar, solar calendar
- astronomystars, moon, sun, planet, planets
- night skystars, moon, constellations, shooting stars, constellation
- celestialsun, moon, stars, planet, planets
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