Sirius is the brightest star...Polaris is bigger then Sirius, Polaris is 360 to 820 light years away from earth, and Sirius is only 8.6 light years away. The Sirius star is known as the dog constalation, The polaris star is found at the tip and corner of the big dipper and the little dipper
Sirius is 8.6 light years from Earth, while Polaris is 434 light years.
So yes, Sirius is the closer of the two.
No, they not. Sirius constellation is Canis Major while Pistol star constellation is Sagittarius
Polaris is much hotter.
Polaris
Sirius is a binary star system Sirius A and Sirius B.The distance separating Sirius A from B varies between 8.1 and 31.5 AU. (See related question).
From Wikipedia: "The age of the system [Sirius is a double star] is estimated at around 230 million years." So, a fairly young star, at least if compared to typical stars, including our own Sun.
No. There is no such thing a a cold star. Sirius consists of two stars, both of which are hotter than the average star.
Sirius is a star, I hope this detailed information helps.
No. Sirius is a two-star system consisting of a white main sequence star and a white dwarf.
No. The North Star is Polaris. Sirius is known as the Dog Star.
No. The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius.
No. Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Polaris is much farther down the list.
The sun. After the sun, Polaris and Sirius are very popular.
As seen from Earth, yes, Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. In terms of actual brightness, no.
The North star is called Polaris. Polaris is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is not the brightest star in the night sky; that title goes to Sirius, in Canis Major. Polaris has 2 companion stars: Polaris AB and Polaris B. It's spectral type is F7 Ib-II SB.
Sirius B is a white dwarf. So it is low mass compared to other stellar remnants.
Very large, the star Polaris also known as Alpha Ursae Minoris. it is one of the largest brighest stars that is know in our solar systems
They point at Polaris.
Yes - Sirius is a blue-white star - the hottest type of star there is.
the dog star is called sirius and is located south west of Orion belts in the southern hemisphere
Sirius is a binary star system Sirius A and Sirius B.The distance separating Sirius A from B varies between 8.1 and 31.5 AU. (See related question).