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At magnitude 1.5, it is the second-brightest star in Canis Major and the 23rd-brightest star in the sky. It is a blue-white supergiant of spectral type B2Iab, around 404 light-years from Earth. [39] This star is one of the brightest known extreme ultraviolet sources in the sky. [40] It is a binary star; the secondary is of magnitude 7.4.
Ooinu (オオイヌ, Ōinu): A Canis Major-based Skill Kyutama that grants the user a dog-based fighting style. 53. Sankaku ( サンカク ) : A Triangulum -based Skill Kyutama.
In Greek and Roman mythology and religion, Sirius (/ ˈ s ɪ r ɪ ə s /, SEE-ree-əss; Ancient Greek: Σείριος, romanized: Seírios, lit. 'scorching' pronounced) is the god and personification of the star Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night sky and the most prominent star in the constellation of Canis Major (or the Greater Dog). [1]
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It is often colloquially called the "Dog Star" as the brightest star of Canis Major, the "Great Dog" constellation. Canis Major was classically depicted as Orion's dog. The Ancient Greeks thought that Sirius's emanations could affect dogs adversely, making them behave abnormally during the "dog days", the hottest days of the summer. The Romans ...
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Theta Canis Majoris (θ Canis Majoris) is a solitary, [8] orange-hued star near the northern edge [9] of the constellation Canis Major, forming the nose of the "dog". [10] The star is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.08. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 12.07 mas as seen from Earth, [1] it is located ...