Astronomers say that of the thousands of stars visible to us in the northern hemisphere, Sirius is the brightest of them all.

The Sirius star is also called the Dog star. The Dog star is a part of the Canis Majoris, or "Big Dog" constellation. Experts say the best sightings during winter, for those in Northern latitudes.

The winter sky has some brightly lit star patterns ... though again, the shape will shift significantly between now and then. The Winter Circle, which includes Sirius and Procyon (from the Winter ...

The brightest is the bluish-white star Sirius (magnitude -1.45), in Canis Major the Big Dog; the brightest of all naked-eye stars. Next in brightness is yellow-white Procyon (magnitude +0.37 ...

The part of the world where we live lies exactly halfway between Earth’s equator and the North Pole. Mid-latitude locations like Minnesota’s feature distinct seasons in which the ...