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What is the brightest star in canis minor?
Procyon is the brightest star in Canis Minor.
When can you see canis minor?
You can see Canis Minor the best during the winter time. Once you see Orion soon you can see Canis Minor.
Where did Canis Minor get his name?
From Orion the hunter
Star constellations that start wih P and C?
Phoenix Pupis Cassiopeia Canis Major Canis Minor
What are the 3 constellations in the winter triangle?
Canis Major(the Big Dog), Canis Minor (the Little Dog) & Orion the Hunter
What is canis minor's nickname?
In English it is the smaller dog.
What is the brightest star in canis minor?
Procyon is the brightest star in Canis Minor.
When can you see canis minor?
You can see Canis Minor the best during the winter time. Once you see Orion soon you can see Canis Minor.
Why was the Canis minor nicknamed the small dog?
Because Canis minor means "Small dog" in latin.
What is the magnitude of Canis Minor?
Canis Minor has two stars and they are Procyon and Gomeisa. Procyon has the magnitude of 0.4 and Gomeisa has the magnitude of 2.9. It is true that Canis Minor is a constellation and that it doesn't have a magnitude of its own, but its star has its own magnitude.
How far away is Canis Minor from the sun?
Canis Minor has no distance, it is only an area of sky on the celestial sphere. The brightest star is Procyon, Alpha Canis Minoris, which is one of the nearby ones.
Brightest star in Canis minor?
sirius
Where did Canis Minor get his name?
From Orion the hunter
What galaxy does the constellation Canis minor belong to?
Orion
What is the origin of the constellation name canis major?
Canis major is one Orion's hunting dogs Canis major contains the star Sirius in it which is the brightest star in the sky Canis major comes along with Canis minor
What animal follows Orion across the sky?
Orions two hunting dogs, Canis Major and Canis Minor.
Star constellations that start wih P and C?
Phoenix Pupis Cassiopeia Canis Major Canis Minor
