Sirius (disambiguation)

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Sirius may refer to several topics:

Contents

1 Astronomy
2 Business and Industry
3 Telecommunications
4 Arts and Literature
5 Animals, People and Vessels

Astronomy

Sirius (α Canis Majoris, also known as the Dog Star) is the brightest star (−1.46^m) in the night sky

Business and Industry

Sirius Software was a now-bankrupt publisher of games for personal computers in the 1980s
Sirius Systems Technology was a PC manufacturer in the 80's
Sirius Entertainment is the name of an independent comic book company
Mitsubishi manufactures the Sirius automobile engine

Telecommunications

SIRIUS is the name of a number of satellites operated by SES SIRIUS
Sirius Satellite Radio is the name of a satellite radio (DARS) company, unconnected to the above satellite system

Arts and Literature

"Sirius" is a well-known track from The Alan Parsons Project's 1982 album Eye in the Sky.
Sirius B is an album released by Therion.
Sirius was a symphonic black metal band from Portugal.
Sirius is an SF magazine.
Sirius was a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire series.
Sirius Black is the name of a character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels. This character can turn into a dog, hence the significance of the name.
The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a fictional company in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Sirius is the name of a fictional planet from .
Sirius (1944) is the title of a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon about a dog artificially developed to have superhuman intelligence.
Sirius (planet) is a fictional planet in the Power Rangers Universe.
Sirius Sector is one of the Empire's important administrative divisions in Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire.

Animals, People and Vessels

Sirius was a racehorse who won the 1944 Melbourne Cup
Sirius was a PAPD canine who perished in the September 11, 2001, attacks
R. U. Sirius is a writer and cyberculture icon
Sirius was an aircraft produced by Lockheed.
HMS Sirius is the name of a number of former Royal Navy warships
*HMS Sirius was the flagship of the First Fleet to sail to Australia in 1787
USNS Sirius is the name of one of the United States Navy's combat stores ships, decommissioned in 2005.
Sirius is the pseudonym of Max Mayeu, a Belgian comic author.

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