Sirius in Canis Major

Posted by Phillymanjaro
on Saturday, August 13, 2016

"Sirius" is the brightest star system in the night sky as seen from earth. The name "Sirius" came from the Ancient Greeks meaning "Glowing" or "Scorcher". Sirius is a binary system with Sirius A being the large main-sequence star. It's small companion Sirius B is a white dwarf star. Sirius A is around 8.7 light years from the earth and is around twice the size of our sun and is 25 times more luminous than the sun.

Celestron CGEM, AT6RC, Single 280 Sec Exp guided with a ZWOASI120MC, ST-80

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