The constellation of Canis Major, the large hunting dog of Orion the hunter The binocular open star ... More cluster Messier 41 is at centre below Sirius The pair of star clusters, M46 and M47 ...

This is a tiny constellation, consisting of only two bright stars, more like a "hot dog" than a real dog. The gem of Canis Minor is the bright star Procyon. Like Sirius, it is bright because it is ...

Please try to ignore how ugly this dog is. Perhaps the most well-known star name in Harry Potter, Sirius is the brightest star in the sky and is part of the constellation Canis Major (“The Great ...

comes into the sky shortly before Sirius (the Dog Star), which is the brightest star in the sky. Canis Minor and the constellation Canis Major (which Sirius anchors) are constellations that ...

Bacon (STScI) Known as the “dog star” for its place amid the constellation Canis Major, Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. The vivid star is one of the nearest to Earth ...

Instead, the dog days refer to Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, which means “big dog” in Latin and is said to represent one of Orion’s hunting dogs. To the Greeks ...