Procyon marks the dog’s head and Gomeisa its tail. And that’s all there is of the Small Dog. The best date to spot Canis Minor is January 14. Around that date, it sits opposite the Sun as seen ...

In the case of the two celestial hounds of heaven, the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor, you can blame Orion ... hind leg, and tail. As Canis Major journeys across the sky from east ...

The best known are Canis Major and Canis Minor, Latin for the greater and lesser ... Aludra is the tip of the dog's tail and Muliphein his eye. To find Canis Major, start at Orion's slanted ...