Looking Up | Orion’s companions, Canis Major and Canis Minor NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope picks up a number of newborn stars in the area of space around the constellation of Canis Major.

Canis Major is one of those select constellations that actually resembles what it’s supposed to be. It really looks like a dog up on its hind legs, begging for food at the foot of his master Orion.

There are three dog constellations in the night sky, but the best known are Canis Major and Canis Minor, the constellation Orion the Hunter’s faithful hunting dogs. Canis Major and Canis Minor ...

In the case of the celestial hounds of heaven, the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor, you can blame Orion, the hunter, for turning the dog loose in our skies. Orion is one of the best-know… ...

The constellations Taurus, Orion, Canis Major, and Gemini grab attention this month, while Mars, Jupiter, and Venus dominate the planetary scene.

In Greek mythology, however, Orion represents a hunter. His two hunting dogs, known as Canis Major and Canis Minor, can be found quite easily because each is marked by a single bright star.

Orion is the great hunter in Western mythology. He is accompanied in the sky by two dogs, seen as Canis Major and Canis Minor. Toward the west, he is facing Taurus, the bull.

The Greeks dressed the stage with suitable companions for Orion: his two hunting dogs (Canis Major and Canis Minor), along with a hare (Lepus) for him to pursue in the heavens.

Per Earth Sky, it should appear as a "slow-moving star" passing in front of the fixed stars in the sky above the southeastern horizon, east of the constellations Orion, Canis Major and Canis Minor.

Following behind him, to the east, is his faithful dog, the constellation Canis Major, the dog that features the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius. By May, Orion is setting at sunset.

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