Sirius (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview
Sirius
may refer to several topics:
Sirius
(α
Canis Major
, also known as the
Dog Star
) is the brightest
star
(-1.46
m
) in the
night
sky
.
Sirius
(1944) is also the title of a
science fiction
novel
by
Olaf Stapledon
about a dog artificially developed to have superhuman intelligence.
The
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
is a fictional company in
Douglas Adams
'
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
.
Sirius
is also a racehorse who won the
1944
Melbourne Cup
.
SIRIUS
is also the name of a number of satellites operated by
Nordic Satellite
.
Sirius Satellite Radio
is the name of a
satellite radio
(
DARS
) company.
Sirius Black
is the name of a character in
J. K. Rowling
's
Harry Potter
novels.
Sirius Computer
was a
PC
manufacturer in the 80's.
HMS
Sirius
is the name of a number of former Royal Navy warships.
Sirius
is an
SF
magazine
.
R. U. Sirius
is a
writer
and
cyberculture
icon.
Mitsubishi
Sirius
automobile
engine
"Sirius"
is a well-known song from the
Alan Parsons Project
's 1982 album Eye In The Sky.
Sirius
was a fictional planet in
Isaac Asimov
's
Foundation and Empire
series.
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disambiguation
page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
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