2017 Eclipse Countdown

By Astronomy Staff | Published: August 1, 2017 | Last updated on May 18, 2023

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$A Hubble Space Telescope image of Sirius A, the brightest star in the night sky, appearing as an intensely bright white-blue point of light with four prominent diffraction spikes extending diagonally across the dark blue background. Sirius B, its much fainter white dwarf companion, is visible as a small distinct point of light in the lower left of the frame.$

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