Stellar Reason for Summer’s Dog Days

Re “It’s a Dog’s Life After All” (Aug. 16): Dog days of summer is an old saying because the constellation Canis Major appears with the sun in the morning sky every morning of the summer months. The constellation is shaped like a dog, but you can usually only see its brightest star, Sirius, the Dog Star, if you get up early enough in the morning.

MAGGIE ABBOTT

Palm Springs