Canis Minor definitions

Canis minor

1) Constellation near Gemini 2) Little Dog constellation 3) Neighbor of Gemini and Hydra 4) Sky underdog 5) Smaller dog constellation
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Canis Minor

Canis Minor ər is a small constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. In the second century, it was included as an asterism, or pattern, of two stars in Ptolemy`s 48 constellations, and it is counted among the 88 modern constellations. Its name is Latin for `lesser dog`, in contrast to Canis Major, the `greater dog`; both figures are...
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Canis Minor

[Chinese astronomy] According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Canis Minor 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 is 小犬座 (xiǎo quǎn zuò), meani...
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Canis Minor

(abbr. CMi, gen. Canis Minoris) The Little Dog, the lesser of Orion`s hunting dogs; a small northern constellation to the east of Gemini. Its brightest star, Procyon, forms the northeast apex of the Winter Triangle. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars. ...
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Canis Minor

English name: The Lesser Dog. Genitive name: Canis Minoris. Visibility: Visible from the UK See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
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Canis Minor

[n] - a constellation east of Orion
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Canis Minor

Canis Minor A constellation east of Orion which contains Procyon; also called, 'Little Dog'.
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Canis Minor

Little Dog noun a constellation east of Orion; contains Procyon
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Canis Minor

Small constellation along the celestial equator (see celestial sphere), represented as the smaller of the two dogs of Orion (the other dog being Canis Major). Its brightest star is the first magnitude Procyon. Procyon and Beta Canis Minoris form what the Arabs called `the Short Cubit`, in contrast to `the Long Cubit` formed by C...
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