Sirius is NOT a constellation - it's a star, the brightest star in our night sky. It's in the constellation, Canis Major the Great Dog - just left of Orion.
There is no constellation named Sirius. Sirius is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, which for an observer facing south, appears below and to the left of Orion.
Sirius is approximately 8.7 light-years away from Earth.In order to find Sirius in the night sky, find Orion's Belt, and follow its line of stars down to the left and you will find Sirius.
== == Sirius is the Dog Star, the brightest star (after the sun) in the sky.
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 and Betelgeuse are two of the brightest stars in the night sky, with Sirius being the brightest and Betelgeuse being the 9th brightest. Betelgeuse is in the wonderful constellation of Orion. Sirius is in the nearby constellation of Canis Major. They are very easy to spot, with Betelgeuse being at the top left of Orion and Sirius, being below and to the left of Orion, with Orion's Belt acting as a good way of pointing towards it. Comparing the two it is also easy to notice the difference in colour as Betelgeuse is a red supergiant and looks reddish in colour, very different to Sirius.
Sirius, which consists of both Sirius A and Sirius B is in the constellation Canis Major, which, if you are looking south, appears below and to the left of Orion. Sirius B itself is too dim to be seen from Earth; the vast majority of the light from Sirius is from Sirius A. Even then, as a binary system, the two stars are too close together for us to see them separately.
The constellation that Sirius is in is called Canis Major.
Sirius is the brightest star in Canis Major (the big dog).
Sirius is a star, not a constellation.You can read about it here:< en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius >
Canis Major
There is a constellation (group of stars) that looks like a dog. It is called Sirius.
Sirius is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major. The brightest star in the constellation Gemini is Pollux with a magnitude of 1.2.
Sirius is approximately 8.7 light-years away from Earth.In order to find Sirius in the night sky, find Orion's Belt, and follow its line of stars down to the left and you will find Sirius.
Sirius = Alpha Canis Majoris. In other words, it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, or Big Dog.
The brightest star is Sirius, which follows Orion, and its constellation is Canis Major.
== == Sirius is the Dog Star, the brightest star (after the sun) in the sky.
Canis Major, often called The Great Dog. Sirius is sometimes called The Dog Star.
Sirius in the constellation Canis Major, Arcturus in the constellation Bootes, and Vega in the constellation Lyra