07-10-2011, 04:43 PM
Quote:This also is of interest I think. A tree can make the jump to a dog? Or am I reading this wrong? So a dog is 3D?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius
Quote:...[...]Sirius is also known colloquially as the "Dog Star", reflecting its prominence in its constellation, Canis Major (Greater Dog).[11] The heliacal rising of Sirius marked the flooding of the Nile in Ancient Egypt and the "dog days" of summer for the ancient Greeks, while to the Polynesians it marked winter and was an important star for navigation around the Pacific Ocean.[...]