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, where you’ll find another bright ...

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. The ...

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, ...

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 ...

Well above Canis Major, on a level with Orion's shoulders, is the small dog, Canis Minor. This is a tiny constellation, consisting of only two bright stars, more like a "hot dog" than a real dog.

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 doggies loose in our Everett starry skies. The ...

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, where you’ll find another bright ...