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Dogstar (band) Members
The Dog Star is a nickname for Sirius, a star in the constellation ''Canis Major'' (Greater Dog). Dog Star or Dogstar may also refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * Dogstar (band), a rock group including Keanu Reeves * Dog Star (short story), "Dog Star" (short story), a short story by Arthur C. Clarke * Dogstar (TV series), ''Dogstar'' (TV series), a 2006 animated Australian TV series * Dog Star, a fictional bar in The Returned (U.S. TV series), ''The Returned'' (U.S. TV series) * "Dogstar", a song by Hybrid from the 2006 album ''I Choose Noise'' * "Dog Star", a song by Klaatu from the 1980 album ''Endangered Species (Klaatu album), Endangered Species'' * ''The Dog Star'', a 1950 novel by Donald Windham * ''The Dog Stars'', a 2012 novel by Peter Heller {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirius
Sirius is the list of brightest stars, brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek language, Greek word , or , meaning 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinisation of names, Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Alpha CMa or α CMa. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, Sirius is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. Sirius is a binary star consisting of a main-sequence star of spectral type A-type main-sequence star, A0 or A1, termed Sirius A, and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DA2, termed Sirius B. The distance between the two varies between 8.2 and 31.5 astronomical units as they orbit every 50 years. Sirius appears bright because of its intrinsic luminosity and its proximity to the Solar System. At a distance of , the Sirius system is one of Earth's List of nearest stars, nearest neighbours. Sirius is gradually moving closer to the Solar S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
