Sirius Card

Category:Special Items
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==Other Uses==
Used in Special Events: Starlight Celebration
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==How to Obtain==
===Special Event===
:*Starlight Celebration (Christmas 2005 Event)
===Historical Background===
During Starlight Celebration Event (for Christmas 2005), there were 7 Rare Christmas cards that could be obtained. They were: Aldebaran Card, Betelgeuse Card, Canopus Card, Capella Card, Pleiades Card, Rigel Card, Sirius Card. All of these cards are named after some of the brightest stars in the night sky and most of which are visible in the evening hours in December. Most of the stars form the Winter Hexagon asterism, a giant hexagon formed from the brighest stars around at that time of year (Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyon, Rigel, Sirius). Procyon and Pollux are not included in these cards. Most of the stars form the Summer Hexagon in the Southern Hemisphere, with Canopus replacing Capella.
Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris) is a star in the Canis Major constellation (greater dog). It is the brightest star in the nighttime sky. Sirius is a star of spectral type A1 (blue-white) and is located 8.6 ly from the Sol system. Sirius is also called "the Dog Star". It is 1 of 3 stars making up the Winter Triangle asterism (Aldebaran, Procyon are the others) and 1 of 6 stars making up the Winter Hexagon (the others are (Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyon, Rigel). Sirius comes from the Greek word for "scorcher" since it appeared during the hot summer nights, the time known as the "dog days of summer". Sirius also coincided with the Egyptian New Year in mid-July, when the Nile would rise and flood over its banks.