December 28, 2021
The brightest star we see at night is called Sirius. It is found in the constellation Canis Major which is rising in the southeast around 7:30 pm.
The A-type main sequence star Sirius and its companion white dwarf star Sirius B seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA, ESA, H. Bond (STScI) and M. Barstow (University of Leicester)
