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• n  the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major

• Sirius
• Dog Star
• Canicula
• Sothis

News & Articles

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• A star brings summer
  Astrologers of an earlier era thought the intensity of summer heat was in part caused by the brightest of all stars, Sirius, the dog star, aligning behind the unforgiving sun.
  July 6, 2013 - The News & Observer