The Chinese believed that the rising of Arcturus, the fourth-brightest star in the sky, caused spring to burst forth, while the Egyptians thought that the appearance of Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, brought about the annual flooding of the Nile.
If skies are clear, individuals can view the conjunction by looking at the Moon and finding the brightest star in the sky next to the Moon, which will be Jupiter.
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And when they aimed at Sirius they could see the dim white-dwarf which orbits what is the brightest star in the night sky.
On the basis of results from other methods, it has been estimated that on average, there are 1.6 planets around every star in the night sky.
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The Dunham's, who live in the small town of Sherrill in upstate New York, said their thoughts were with Jason when the president handed them the medal, a bronze star hanging from a sky blue ribbon.
By measuring a star's position in the sky, then, and looking for periodic variations in that position, it ought to be possible to detect any orbiting planets, even small ones.
The mountains shimmer blue when the sun hits the eucalyptus vapors from the trees, at night, the dense star patterns of the Southern Hemisphere sky also shimmer in the clearest skies, and crossing the path to your cottage at night, you may well encounter a wombat, wallaby or kangaroo the 4000 acres are filled with them.
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Every star in the Milky Way glimmers with perfect clarity in the cloudless sky: diamonds flung across black velvet.
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The North Star was as legible and unwavering in the water as it was in the sky.
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