Sirius is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky.

Sirius may also refer to:

Businesses and organisations

  • SES Sirius, a Scandinavian satellite operator
  • Sirius (satellite), a constellation of communications satellites
  • Sirius-Aero, a Russian airline
  • Sirius College, a school network established by Turkish Australians
  • Sirius Corporation, a British open-source software services company
  • Sirius Entertainment, an American comic book publisher
  • Sirius Minerals, a British fertilizer development company
  • Sirius Real Estate, a property company investing in German business parks
  • Sirius Software, a 1980s video game publisher
  • Sirius Systems Technology, American computer manufacturer of the Sirius 1 in 1981
  • Sirius XM, an American broadcasting company
  • Sirius Satellite Radio, a former satellite radio service
  • Sirius Canada
  • List of Sirius XM Radio channels

Mythology

  • Sirius (mythology), the god who personifies the star in Greek mythology
  • Maera (hound), sometimes referred to as Sirius
  • Sirius (dog), a mythological companion of Orion according to Homer

Places

  • Sirius Cliffs, in Antarctica
  • Sirius Islands, in Antarctica
  • Sirius Knoll, in Antarctica
  • Mount Sirius, in Antarctica
  • Sirius Building, an apartment complex in Sydney, Australia
  • Sirius (urban-type settlement), in Russia

Science and technology

  • Sirius (synchrotron light source), at the Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron in Brazil
  • Eclipse Sirius, an open-source software project
  • Ferranti Sirius, a 1961 small business computer
  • Sirius visualization software, software for modeling molecules, discontinued since 2011
  • SIRIUS (software), a software for annotating small molecules from mass spectrometry data
  • Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station, a series of spaceflight experiments

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

  • Sirius, the eponymous character of Sirius (novel), by Olaf Stapledon, 1944
  • Sirius (Re:Zero), a character in the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
  • Sirius, in video game Bomberman 64
  • Sirius, a playable character in the video game Brawl Stars
  • Sirius, in the novel Planet of the Apes
  • Sirius, a planet in video game Serious Sam 2
  • Sirius Amory, in The Amory Wars series
  • Sirius Black, in the Harry Potter series
  • Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, a company in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • R.U. Sirius, a space station in the Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! comic strip

Film

  • Sirius (1942 film), a Hungarian film
  • Sirius (1975 film), a Czechoslovak war drama film
  • Sirius (2013 film), a documentary film

Music

  • Sirius (Coleman Hawkins album), 1974
  • Sirius (Clannad album), 1987
  • "Sirius" (instrumental), a 1982 instrumental by the Alan Parsons Project
  • Sirius (Stockhausen), a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen
  • Sirius, a 2015 mini album by Daizystripper
  • "Sirius", a song by Bump of Chicken from the 2019 album Aurora Arc
  • "Sirius", a song by Diaura from the 2013 album Focus
  • "Sirius", a song by Eir Aoi
  • "Sirius", a song by Mike Oldfield from the 2002 album Tres Lunas
  • Quasimidi Sirius, a music synthesizer

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • Sirius the Jaeger, an anime TV series
  • Sirius: An Apocalyptic Order, 2022 documentary TV series
  • Sirius: The Dog Star, a 2004 anthology of short stories
  • Beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius, a 2009 video game
  • Sirius (novel), a 1944 novel by Olaf Stapledon
  • Sirius (game), an abstract strategy game published in 1976

Transport

Ships

  • HMAS Sirius (O 266), a Royal Australian Navy tanker
  • HMS Sirius, the name of several Royal Navy ships
  • HSwMS Sirius, the name of several Swedish Navy ships
  • MV Sirius, a Greenpeace ship
  • NB Sirius, a narrowboat conversion design
  • RFA Sirius (A345), a Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker, launched as SS Empire Faun
  • SS Sirius, the name of several steamships
  • , the name of several US Navy ships
  • USNS Sirius (T-AFS-8), a US Navy support ship
  • , a German fishing trawler in service 1926–29

Other uses in transport

  • Sirius 20, a Canadian sailboat design
  • Sirius 21, a Canadian sailboat design
  • Sirius 22, a Canadian sailboat design
  • Sirius 28, a Canadian sailboat design
  • Alpaero Sirius, or Noin Siriua, a French motor glider
  • Lockheed Model 8 Sirius, a 1929 monoplane
  • Mitsubishi Sirius engine, an automobile engine

Other uses

  • Sirius (wine), produced by Sean Thackrey
  • Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, a Danish naval unit
  • IK Sirius, Swedish sports club
  • R. U. Sirius (Ken Goffman, born 1952), an American writer
  • Sirius (police dog), New York City police dog

See also

  • Sirius B (disambiguation)