[DOC] [TLE] Sirius - Wikipedia [PAR] Sirius is a star system and the brightest star in the Earth's night sky. With a visual 
apparent ... The system has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris ( CMa). 
... and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DA2, called Sirius B. The .... 
1862, American telescope-maker and astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first... [DOC] [TLE] Sirius | star | Britannica.com [PAR] Sirius, also called Alpha Canis Majoris or the Dog Star, brightest star in the night 
sky, with ... The companion was first seen in 1862 by Alvan Clark, an American ... 
much more condensed, and was the first white dwarf star to be discovered. [DOC] [TLE] Sirius: The Dog Star (Alpha Canis Majoris) | Constellation Guide [PAR] Jun 29, 2014 ... Sirius, also known as the Dog Star,  Canis Majoris (Alpha Canis ... known as 
Sirius A or Alpha Canis Majoris A, and a dim white dwarf ... Sirius B escaped 
detection until 1862 when Alvan Clark discovered it ... The American astronomer 
Alvan Graham Clark was the first to observe the dim companion on... [DOC] [TLE] Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris) - The Worlds of David Darling [PAR] It is nicknamed the Dog Star after its constellation of Canis Major; its proper name 
comes ... Pup"), orbits with a period of 49.97 years, and was the first white dwarf 
to be discovered. ... that Sirius had a dark companion to account for the star's 
wobbling movement, this object was optically identified by Alvan G. Clark in 1862
. [DOC] [TLE] Sirius - Astronomy, Mythology, Pseudoscience - Crystalinks [PAR] The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris. ... Sirius is also known 
colloquially as the "Dog Star", reflecting its prominence in its ... main sequence 
star of spectral type A1V, named Sirius A, and a faint white dwarf companion ..... 
1862, American telescope-maker and astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first 
observed... [DOC] [TLE] Sirius 2 - SolStation.com [PAR] Also known as Alpha Canis Majoris, Sirius is the fifth closest system to Sol, at 8.6 
... of first magnitude stars, whose other components are Procyon (Alpha Canis ... 
1862 by Alvan Graham Clark (1832-1897), who was testing a new 18-inch ... 
Sirius is composed of a main-sequence star and a white dwarf stellar remnant. [DOC] [TLE] Sirius - Alpha Canis Majoris - alpha CMa | Free Star Charts [PAR] Sirius - Alpha Canis Majoris - (a) CMa - Free Star Charts. ... In practice all stars do 
twinkle, also to a lesser extent the planets, but the effect is ... Alvan Graham Clark 
finally discovered the companion, now named Sirius B or the "Pup". The reason 
why it took so long was because it's a white dwarf star, 10,000 dimmer than its... [DOC] [TLE] Sirius - Conservapedia [PAR] Aug 22, 2016 ... Sirius, also known as Alpha Canis Majoris or the Dog Star, is the fifth ... of a 
companion star didn't occur though until 1862, when Alvan Graham Clark found 
Sirius B at the Dearborn Observatory. In 1915, using the Mount Wilson 
Observatory, Walter Sydney Adams was the first to discover it as a white dwarf. [DOC] [TLE] Topic of the Month [PAR] Sirius, which means, "scorching," resides in the constellation Canis Major (The ... 
as the Dog Star; other names include Canicula, Aschere, Alpha Canis Majoris, ... 
But it wasn't until 1862 when Alvan Clark first detected Sirius' faint companion 
that it ... In fact, this tiny star was actually a white dwarf, the first ever discovered. [DOC] [TLE] Alpha Canis Majoris - Encyclopedia - The Free Dictionary [PAR] Find out information about Alpha Canis Majoris. or brightest star in the sky. ... It is 
also one of the nearest stars, lying at a distance of 8.7 light-years, so that it has ... 
50 years), the companion, Sirius B, being the first white dwarf to be discovered. ... 
Alvan G. Clark detected (1862) a tiny companion whose spectrum, first taken...

Question: In 1862 Alvan Clark discovered the first White Dwarf, a companion of this star also called Alpha Canis Majoris
Answer: Sirius