Definitions from Wiktionary (Sirius)
▸ noun: (astronomy) A telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
▸ noun: (astronomy, specifically) The brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A.
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▸ noun: (astronomy) A telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
▸ noun: (astronomy, specifically) The brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A.
Similar:
Dog Star,
Sothis,
Canicula,
Canis Major,
Furud,
Aludra,
Procyon,
Wezen,
Canis Minor,
Gomeisa,
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