'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 Minor translates to "smaller dog" in Latin, likely due to its proximity to Canis Major, the "larger dog" constellation. The Greek poet Aratus may have named it in the 3rd century BC. The brightest star in Canis Minor, Procyon, means "before the dog," possibly indicating that it rises before Canis Major in the night sky.
The name "Vy Canis Majoris" comes from the star's location in the constellation Canis Major and its classification as a "variable" star. "Vy" is simply a designation for variable stars while "Canis Majoris" indicates its location in the constellation.
The Great Dog.
Not precisely.Canis major translated from Latin to English is "the great dog".Canis majoris translated from Latin to English is "of the great dog", or "the great dog's".("Great" in both of those is meant in the sense of "big, large", not in the sense of "wow, what a fantastic dog.")
Canis Minor means "smaller dog" in Latin. In Greek mythology, Canis Minor represents one of Orion the Hunter's hunting dogs, following the larger constellation Canis Major, which represents Orion's other dog.
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 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
Canis Major means Big Dog and to the ancient civilisations it looked like a big dog.
The answer is your mom Voliet8910 says: The brightest star Sirius is in it.
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
People in Colombia found Canis Major
Canis major is a constellation not a single star
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 was named by the africans.