DogStar/Sirius/Brightest star in the sky/
Canis Major (CMa)/The Great Dog
Near his heel you will easily see the brightest star
in the sky, Sirius. Sirius emblazons the chest of Canis Major, Orion's
favorite dog. Sirius is known as the Dog Star, as Homer refers to it in the Iliad:
The sky's mighty hunter, Orion, battles the bull
Taurus in the southern sky and his dogs are not far behind him.
...the autumnal star, whose brilliant ray
shines eminent amid the depth of night,
whom men the dog-star of Orion call...
Dog Star is visible in the northern hemisphere during the winter months, and in the southern hemisphere
during the summer months.