The Dog Star
There’s a dog in space! Am I delirious?
No! Its eye is a star they call Sirius;
**The brightest by far,
**it’s a binary star—
with its unseen companion, mysterious!
The companion is known as “the pup.”
Do you think that I just made that up?
**That white dwarf is as small
**as a puppy’s toy ball.
If you ask, “Is that true?” I’d say, “Yup!”
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