Sirius (disambiguation)
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Sirius may refer to several topics:
- Sirius (α Canis Major, also known as the Dog Star) is the brightest star (-1.46m) in the night sky.
- Sirius (1944) is also the title of a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon about a dog artificially developed to have superhuman intelligence.
- The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a fictional company in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- Sirius is also a racehorse who won the 1944 Melbourne Cup.
- SIRIUS is also the name of a number of satellites operated by Nordic Satellite.
- Sirius Satellite Radio is the name of a satellite radio (DARS) company.
- Sirius Black is the name of a character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
- Sirius Systems Technology was a PC manufacturer in the 80's.
- HMS Sirius is the name of a number of former Royal Navy warships.
- H.M.S. Sirius was the flagship of the First Fleet to sail to Australia in 1787
- Sirius is an SF magazine.
- R. U. Sirius is a writer and cyberculture icon.
- Mitsubishi Sirius automobile engine
- "Sirius" is a well-known track from The Alan Parsons Project's 1982 album Eye in the Sky.
- Sirius was a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire series.
- Sirius B is an album released by Therion.