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 canis major and sirius* CANIS MAJOR-the constellation canis major is stars also known as big dog. SIRIUS- the brightest star in night sky.  sneak peak(: [quick facts]
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 sirius can be seen with the naked eye. sirius is one of the closest stars to earth. canis major can also be seen with naked eye. sirius is the 2nd brightest thing in space,1st is jupiter in a greeek myth, canis major was orion's hunting dog.

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the star is almost twice as bright as the second star which is canopus. but it is not as bright as the moon, venus, or jupiter.** sometimes it looks like mercury or mars could be brighter but not all the time. sirius can be located on the evening sky, night sky and early before the sun rises. the main reason the star appears so bright is because it happens to be close to us at 8.6 light years away.

canis major is the constelliation with the brightest in the sky which is SIRIUS. besides, sirius it also contains 5 bright stars which are adhara,wezen,muezim,aludra,muliphen, sirius being the closest out of all of them. in europe, they associated dogs with early age. since canis major would appear after hot summers ancient greeks sometimes called it dog days cause only a mad dog would go out on such extreme heat.
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