Sirius,in Canis Major (The Large Hunting Dog of Orion),is the Brightest

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Sirius,in Canis Major (the large hunting dog of Orion) ,is the brightest star in the winter night sky.It has a parallax angle of 0.38 seconds of arc.Orion's other hunting dog,Canis Minor,has as its brightest star Procyon,with a parallax angle of 0.29 seconds of arc.Vega,in Lyra the Lyre (Harp) ,is the brightest star in the summer night sky.It has a parallax angle of 0.13 seconds of arc.Which of these stars is farthest away?

• A) Sirius
• B) Procyon
• C) Vega
• D) It cannot be determined from this information alone.

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