[stargazing] February 2021 – Los Feliz Ledger

Now with only the fading Mars as the only planet visible in the evening sky, the brilliant Star Sirius (the brightest night-time star visible from Earth) is most likely to attract our attention when the sky grows dark.
At twilight, Sirius is located just above the southeast horizon. Motion of our atmosphere causes Sirius to sparkle in all the colors of the rainbow.
Sirius is a giant white star, outshining the sun by a factor of 60, and, at 8.7 light years distance, it is the nearest star to the…

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