Canis Minor
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Canis Minor is a small constellation in the northern hemisphere, first documented by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century.
CANIS MINOR
The main figure of Canis Minor, Orion's Smaller Dog, is made of just two stars, bright Procyon (Alpha CMi) just below the center, and Gomeisa (Beta) the next brighter star, up and to the right of Procyon.
Canis Minor
Abbreviation: CMi
Genitive: Canis Minoris
Translation: The Lesser Dog
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Canis Minor, the little dog:
A very ancient constellation, Canis Minor is the smaller of the the two hunting dogs used by Orion. The constellation is one of the smallest in the sky and is composed primarily by only two bright stars.
* The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Canis Minor
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Canis Minor
Abbreviation: CMi English name: Smaller Dog Coordinates see Stellar data
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Canis Minor is usually identified as one of the dogs of Orion. But in a famous legend from Attica (the area around Athens), recounted by the mythographer Hyginus, the constellation represents Maera, dog of Icarius, ...
Canis Minor
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Canis Minor (Small Dog)
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Origin of the constellation: Ancient Greece (Ptolemaeus) ...
Canis Minor
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Alpha Canis Minoris A has a close companion star B that is separated "on average" by only about 16 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun -- 14.
Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris)
Capricornus (Capricorni)
Deneb Algiedi (Delta Capricorni; possibly aka Deneb)
Carina (Carinae) ...
at least six components, surrounded by a small reflection nebula, about 1.5 kpc distant, in the galactic plane. It may be a pre-main-sequence star, or it may be a highly evolved object like an extremely young planetary nebula. [H76]
Canis ...
Near to Sirius (in Canis Minor) and the 4th closest star on this list. Also has a white dwarf companion, like Sirius. One of the 3 that make up the "Winter Triangle" (Sirius, Procyon, and Betelgeuse).
Canis Minor (abbr CMi, C Min) See constellation. canonical time unit For geocentric orbits, the time required by a hypothetical satellite to move one radian in a circular orbit of the earth's equatorial radius; 13.447052 minutes.
Canis Minor (constellation)
Canopus (Alpha Carinae)
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Capella (Alpha Aurigae)
Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae)
Capricornus (constellation)
Capricornus Dwarf (Palomar 12)
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Procyon (also called Alpha Canis Minoris, Antecanis, and the Little Dog Star) is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor and the eighth brightest star in the sky. This yellowish star is also part of the Winter Triangle.
Canis Minor, the little dog
Cassiopeia, the queen
Cepheus, the king
Cetus, the whale
Columba, the dove
Coma Berenices, Berenice's hair
Corona Australis, the southern crown
Corona Borealis, the northern crown
Corvus, the crow
Crater, the cup ...
ORION and his two dogs, CANIS MAJOR and CANIS MINOR, are featured in this month's lesson.
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With the exception of Sirius and Procyon (&alpha Canis Minoris), the brightest stars in the sky are not the nearest stars. The nearest star, Proxima (V645 Centauri), in the Centaurus constellation, is 1.3 parsecs away.
Friedrich Bessel used just such precise measurements to determine that the stars Sirius (α Canis Majoris) and Procyon (α Canis Minoris) were changing their positions.
(pr´sn´´), brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor; Bayer designation &agr; Canis Minoris; 1992 position R.A. 7h38.9m, Dec.+5°15&minut;.
Flanked by Orion and Canis Minor, with Gemini above and Canis Major below, the faint constellation Monoceros ("the Unicorn") is often overlooked.
The central star in each image is R Canis Minor (R CMi), a very red carbon star of C7 spectral class. Note how it appears much brighter through the red filter than the blue filter.
The serpent's head (south of Cancer and east of Canis Minor) is not a star cluster but a chance grouping of stars, which are at greatly different distances (100-400 lightyears away).
Procyon is the Greek name for Alpha Canis Minoris from the earliest times. In English the meaning of the Greek roots would be something like "Before (or in Front of?) the Dog.
Adjoining constellations: Canis Minor, Hydra, Gemini, Leo, Lynx
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Crab The Crab nebula
Crab Pol The Crab nebula polarisation structure
AAT 112 M67, NGC 2682, an open cluster ...
Going across the shoulders from Bellatrix to Betelgeuse finds Procyon in Canis Minor.
Drawing a line from Rigel through Betelgeuse points to Castor and Pollux the Twins of the Gemini constellation
Hunting With Orion
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Betelgeuse rises about midnight, NZ time. At about 4.30 am Aldebaran in Taurus, Betelgeuse and Procyon, in Canis Minor form an arc from north to north east as seen from New Zealand.
And the bright stars of the constellations Gemini, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, and Auriga should be visible, too! ...
Gienah Gurab Gamma Corvi
Giennah Epsilon Cygni
Girtab Kappa Scorpii
Gomeisa Beta Canis Minoris
Gorgonea Tertia Rho Persei
Graffias Beta Scorpii [1]
Grafias Beta Scorpii [1]
Grassias Beta Scorpii [1]
Grumium Xi Draconis ...
It is part of Canis Major and has its own mythology. In some myths, it is Orion's hunting dog. By the time of the Roman Empire, Canis Minor was said to be Orion's second child, but the ancient Greeks refer only to one dog.
To the left are bright Pollux and Castor and above them Procyon in Canis Minor. From a dark sky the fuzzy patch of M 44 will be apparent, and is really the main distinguishing feature of this otherwise inconspicuous constellation.
major (The Great Dog) is a constellation near Orion. The brightest star in Canis Major (and the brightest star in the sky) is Sirius, also known as the dog star. Canis Major is one of the constellation Orion's hunting dogs (together with Canis Minor).
Given that the zodiac extends eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, an additional twelve constellations reside in part within the zodiac's belt of stars: Auriga, Canis Minor, Cetus, Corvus, Crater, Hydra, Ophiuchus, Orion, Pegasus, Scutum, ...
In other cases the supposed shape is very much in the eye of the beholder, as the example of Canis Minor (The Little Dog) shown on the left indicates. This certainly could be a little dog, or a cow, or a submarine, or . . .
The names in which Ptolemy differs from modern usage are: - Hercules (iv -yovaotv), Cygnus ("Opvts), Eridanus (IIora tos), Lupus (Onpiov), Pegasus (17r7ros), Equuleus ("Iirirov irporogi i), Canis minor (IIpoidwv), and Libra (XnXai, ...
 See also: Constellation, Sky, Star, Orion, Canis Major
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