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Canis Minoris
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the Smaller Dog
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71st
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Procyon (&alpha CMi)
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(
Latin for ''smaller
Dog '') is one of the 88 modern
Constellation s, and was also in
Ptolemy 's list of 48 constellations. It is said to represent one of the dogs following
Orion the hunter.
Canis Minor is a small constellation mainly consisting of the two stars,
Procyon (α CMi / Alpha Canis Minoris, 0.38
m) and
Gomeisa (β CMi / Beta Canis Minoris), 2.9
m). Procyon is the eighth
Brightest Star in the night sky. Procyon means "anterior dog" in
Greek , as it rises before the Dog Star,
Sirius , of
Canis Major .
Being such a small constellation, Canis Minor has no deep sky object brighter than 10 Mag.
Canis Minor was considered to be the smaller of the two hunting dogs of Orion. However, the ancient Greeks did not recognise it as a distinct constellation, and thus originally only considered Orion to have had one dog. See also the constellations of
Orion and
Canis Major .
:Stars with proper names:
- (10/α CMi) 0.40 or '''''Antecanis''''' or '''''Al Shira''''' or '''''Elgomaisa''''' {Link without Title} – double; nearby
- : < προκύον The fore-dog the Dog Star
- ( 3/β CMi ) 2.89 Gomelza''
- : < الغميساء ''al-ghumaisa’'' The bleary-eyed (woman)
:Stars with Bayer designations:
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4/γ CMi 4.33;
7/δ1 CMi 5.24;
8/δ2 CMi 5.59;
9/δ3 CMi 5.83;
2/ε CMi 4.99;
13/ζ CMi 5.12;
5/η CMi 5.22;
G CMi 4.39
:Stars with Flamsteed designations:
::
1 CMi 5.37;
6 CMi 4.55;
11 CMi 5.25;
14 CMi 5.30
