Canis Major: Canis Major is a southern constellation. It contains the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius (α Canis Majoris), and the open cluster Messier 41. [100%] 2023-07-10
Canis Major: Canis Major is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. In the second century, it was included in Ptolemy's 48 constellations, and is counted among the 88 modern constellations. (Astronomy) [100%] 2023-05-12 [Canis Major] [Constellations listed by Ptolemy]...
Canis Major: El Can Mayor Canis Maior Carta celeste de la constelación del Can Mayor en la que aparecen sus principales estrellas. Sirio (α Canis Majoris) es la estrella más brillante en el cielo nocturno y también una de las más próximas, ya ... [100%] 2023-06-01
Canis Major: Canis Major is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. In the second century, it was included in Ptolemy's 48 constellations, and is counted among the 88 modern constellations. (Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere) [100%] 2023-05-15 [Canis Major] [Constellations listed by Ptolemy]...
Canis Major: Canis Major (“Great Dog”), in astronomy, a constellation placed south of the Zodiac, just below and behind the heels of Orion. Canis minor, the “little dog,” is another constellation, also following Orion and separated from Canis major by the Milky ... [100%] 2022-09-02
Canis Major Overdensity: The Canis Major Overdensity (CMa Overdensity) or Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy (CMa Dwarf) is a disputed dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group, located in the same part of the sky as the constellation Canis Major. The supposed small galaxy ... (Astronomy) [81%] 2024-09-05 [Dwarf irregular galaxies] [Local Group]...
Canis Major in Chinese astronomy: According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Canis Major is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què). The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese ... (Astronomy) [63%] 2023-01-07 [Canis Major]
List of stars in Canis Major: This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Canis Major, sorted by decreasing brightness. (None) [57%] 2023-01-09 [Canis Major] [Lists of stars by constellation]...
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