Taking the Dog Stars for a Springtime Walk: Sirius and Procyon!
David Prosper
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Spring skies feature many dazzling stars and constellations, glimmering high in the night, but two of the brightest stars are the focus of our attention this month: Sirius and Procyon, the dog stars! Sirius is the brightest star in the nighttime sky, in large part because it is one of the closest stars to our solar system at 8.6 light years away. Compared to our Sun, Sirius possesses twice the mass and is much younger.
