The "Dog Star" Is Bright Tonight - 19MAR2009

March 19, 2009
The brightest star in the night sky stands due south at nightfall. The "dog star" Sirius is the leading light of Canis Major, the big dog.

A Sirius View Is Also The Brightest - 31JAN2009

January 31, 2009

The brightest star in the night sky has some teeth to it. It's the Dog Star, Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, the big dog. Sirius is well up in the southeast in early to mid evening, with most of the other stars of Canis Major stretching below it.

Sirius "The Dog Star" - 07JAN2009

January 7, 2009

Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, rises in the southeast in early evening and climbs across the south during the night. It looks so bright in part because it is one of our closest stellar neighbors, at a distance of just 8.6 light-years.