Imagen de Sirio A (estrella grande) y Sirio B (estrella pequeña, abajo a la izquierda de la mayor), tomada por el telescopio espacial Hubble.

NASA, ESA Credit: H. Bond (STScI) and M. Barstow (University of Leicester)
 

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This Hubble Space Telescope image shows Sirius A, the brightest star in our nighttime sky, along with its faint, tiny stellar companion, Sirius B. Astronomers overexposed the image of Sirius A [at centre] so that the dim Sirius B [tiny dot at lower left] could be seen. The cross-shaped diffraction spikes and concentric rings around Sirius A, and the small ring around Sirius B, are artifacts produced within the telescope's imaging system. The two stars revolve around each other every 50 years. Sirius A, only 8.6 light-years from Earth, is the fifth closest star system known.

 

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