From: "Doug Freyburger" 

Soundy wrote:
> Paul Hahn wrote:
>
>
>http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061009_nearest_exoplanet.html"...the
planet takes 7-years to circle its star, Epsilon Eridani."
>
> So Epsilon Eridani is the dog star?

The dog star is Sirius AKA Alpha Canus Major.  Alpha for the brightest
star in that constellation, Canus Major is the big dog.

Recite the Greek alphabet until you get to epsilon and that's how many
stars in the Eridani constellation that are brighter.  It doesn't stand
out
in the sky.


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