Sirius in fiction below)—and even if such were eventually discovered, with an estimated age of 230 million years the system is too young to have fostered the development of life or a complex biosphere. Sirius AB is the alpha star of the constellation Canis Major (the great dog, sometimes styled as Orion's hunting dog), whence its cognomen "the dog star". The most commonly used proper name of this star comes through the Latin "Sirius", from the Greek Σείριος ("Seirios", "glowing" or "scorcher"). The ancient Greeks observed that the appearance of Sirius heralded the hot and dry "dog days" of summer, and feared that
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) with Johnston, Al Jardine is also missing from the "Summer Days" cover photo depicting the group on a sailboat, having missed the shoot due to illness. "Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)" proved to be another gold-selling success for the Beach Boys in the U.S., where it hit number 2 behind The Rolling Stones's "Out of Our Heads". Along with 1963's "Surfin' U.S.A." it remains the group's highest-charting studio album in the U.S. The following year, the album would reach number 4 in the United Kingdom. The album's lead single, "Help Me, Rhonda", topped the US "Billboard" Hot 100. In a