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Voliet8910 says: The brightest star Sirius is in it.
Canis Major is a constellation, included in the Ptolemy's 48 constellations, and still included among the 88 constellations.
Canis Major.
"Great dog" and "Lesser dog". Except in Latin, so it's Canis Major and Canis Minor.
Constellations
Taurus and Cancer are the obvious two. Others are Auriga, Canis Minor, Lynx, Monoceros, and Orion.
Elvis! Unless, of course, you are talking about Red Riding Hood's "puppy," who is Mr Canis. >:-)
A major story is an article that is popular, and or important.
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
The Greeks thought the constellation Canis Major looked like a big dog so that's what they named it (Canis Major is Greek for "Big Dog.").
Canis Major means Big Dog and to the ancient civilisations it looked like a big dog.
Canis Major is a constilation. Cy canis majoris is a star.
The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is classified as an irregular galaxy. As the name suggests, it is also a dwarf galaxy.
The eye of Canis Major is Sirius
Canis major is a constellation not a single star
People in Colombia found Canis Major
because of the dog it was named after.
Canis Major is one of the eighty-eight modern constellations. Its name is Latin for "greater dog", and is one of Orion's hunting dogs. The other dog of Orion is called Canis Minor.
'Canis Major' is latin for 'great dog' - the ancients believed that by joining the stars within canis major in a sort of celestial dot-to-dot you would see the shape of a large dog in the sky, so they named it thus.
Canis major was named by the africans.