The brightest star in the night sky 'Sirius' as seen through a telescope, 56 trillion miles away from us #Sirius #star #space #astronomy | Space science

✨ Find Sirius – the brightest star in our night sky ✨ Start with Orion. Spot the three stars of Orion’s Belt, then draw an imaginary line down and to the left 🌌 Follow it… and boom 💥 you land on Sirius. 🌟 Why is Sirius so bright? Because it’s a double win: it’s intrinsically luminous and very close by cosmic standards — just 8.6 light-years away, making it our nearest bright stellar neighbour. 🐕 Why “The Dog Star”? Sirius sits in the constellation Canis Major (the Greater Dog) and has been w