The hotties of summer are on the doorstep, and they begin next week and will remain with us until the middle of August. These are days when humidity rises and ...

To find Canis Minor, the little dog and second of Orion’s hunting dogs in many legends, you’ll instead draw a line left from Orion’s two shoulder stars, ...

Although Canis Major and Canis Minor are very different constellations their brightest stars, Sirius and Procyon, have several things in common. Both are relatively close to our solar system, ...

Canis Minor occupies only 183 square degrees, or just 0.4 percent of the sky. Its big brother, Canis Major, is a well-formed constellation that contains seven of the 200 brightest stars.

Canis Minor the Small Dog is one of two dogs — the other is Canis Major — that follow Orion on his hunt across the sky. The constellation’s brightest star is Procyon which means “before ...

This sky map shows the locations of the Canis Major (Big Dog), Canis Minor (Little Dog) and Orion constellations in the southeastern sky at 9 p.m. ET as seen from the U.S. East Coast.

Procyon is a binary star system in Canis Minor (the lesser dog), which is a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. It is among the 10 brightest stars from Earth's sky. The system is made up of ...

Like Canis Minor, there are only two stars that mark the Hunting Dogs, the brightest of which is Cor Caroli, known as 'the Heart of Charles.' ...

IN NOVEMBER – at least in the part of the northern hemisphere I call home – the nights begin to get darker, the leaves turn all sorts of shades of orange and my dogs' paws seem to get muddier ...

Canis Minor injury. By Phil Plait. May 13, 2008 11:15 AM. Tweet Share Share Comment Tweet Share Share Comment You know, it’s just not a party until someone shows up with a lamp shade on her ...

To find Canis Minor, the little dog and second of Orion’s hunting dogs in many legends, you’ll instead draw a line left from Orion’s two shoulder stars, ...