Sirius is the brightest star in Earth's night sky, a binary system about 8.6 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major consisting of the main-sequence star Sirius A and its faint white dwarf companion, Sirius B.
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Constellation In the Other Atlases
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Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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Sirius (Wikipedia)
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Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, located in the southern constellation of Canis Major.
Sirius, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, located in the southern constellation of Canis Major.
Sirius, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, located in the southern constellation of Canis Major.
In Group: Binary and Double Star Systems, Lead sentence
Sirius is a binary star consisting of a main-sequence star of spectral type A0 or A1, termed Sirius A, and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DA2, termed Sirius B.
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