To the south around 8pm tonight you will find the brightest star in the night sky. This star is called Sirius which owes it visual brightness to is closeness to Earth; 8.6 light years away.
Image Credit: Mellostorm [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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