Spoiler warning: Below there will be information about today's New York Times Strands puzzle.

If you live in a city, you’ll still be able to see the brightest ... A star map (or star chart) is basically a cheat sheet ...

Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, is the brightest star in the sky. It’s twice as massive as the Sun. Alpha Centauri is a triple star system, the third brightest and closest star system ...

The Sirius star is also called the Dog star. The Dog star is a part of the Canis Majoris, or "Big Dog" constellation ... Venus, pictured here, is the brightest of the planets in our solar system.

Your eyes will be drawn here to Rigel (Beta Orionis) and Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis), two of the brightest stars in the sky. Within the constellation Crux is an asterism called the Southern Cross.