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Sirius the largest and most brilliant star in the heavens. Situated in the mouth of the greater dog Canis Major, therefore known as the 'Dog Star'. Located in the constellation Canis Major and 8.6 light years from Earth. Sirius is visible in the Northern hemisphere evening sky from November through April. Sirius is over 20 times brighter than our Sun and over twice as massive. Sirius is not the closest star system - the Alpha Centauri system holds this distinction. Sirius appears blue-white in color. It is the brightest star in our sky after the Sun, and can easily be seen in the winter months in the northern hemisphere. When looking at the constellation Orion - locate Orion's belt which are the three bright stars in a row. Follow an imaginary line through these stars to Sirius which is just above the horizon. |
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Some irregularities were noticed in the movement of Sirius. It was supposed that Sirius must be affected by a second star, and it was named Sirius B. It was classifed as a 'white dwarf star', very small, yet very massive. White dwarfs are small dense starsthat burn dimly. Sirius B although small and faint andabout 10,000 times dimmer than Sirius A is extremely dense and heavy enough to exert influence on Sirius A. The pull of its gravity caused Sirius' wavy movement. |
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Sirius B was the first white dwarf star discovered and is invisible to the naked eye. It packs almost the entire mass of our sun into a globe only 4 times as large as the Earth. Sirius B's surface is 300 times harder than diamonds, while its interior has a density 3,000 times that of diamonds. Spinning on its axis about 23 times a minute, it generates huge magnetic fields around it. The two stars, Sirius A and Sirius B move around each other, constantly exchanging particles. Because of its greater density and magnetic field, Sirius B takes the lion's share, taking gases and materials off of its larger host body. Sirius B has a super-heavy gravitationally powerful star made of concentrated super-dense matter that is it's essence, with the number 50 associated with it describing its orbital period. Every 49.9 years, Sirius A and B, come as close together as their orbits allow, creating huge magnetic storms between them. As they approach each other, the stars both begin to spin faster as tidal forces become stronger, finally flip-flopping over, actually trading places with each other. This energy is eventually released to flow on magnetic field lines to the Sun, which transmits it like a lens to all the planets.
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Dogons are a West African tribe who have known about - and worshipped
- Sirius A and its Twin They say that approximately 5,000 years ago, Amphibious Gods came to Earth in three legged space ships from the Sirius Star System. They call the aliens Nommos. In their religious dogma, they acknowledge that Sirius B is immensely heavy, invisible, very small, yet extremely powerful. They claim that a third star Emme Ya - Sorghum Female - exists in the Sirius system. Larger and lighter than Sirius B, this star revolves around Sirius A as well. Could there be a Sirius C? " Is Sirius a Triple Star?" Based on observations of motions in the Sirius system there is a small third star there.The star was of a type known as a "brown dwarf" and only had about .05 the mass of Sirius B.
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