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Polynesian peoples often did not recognize Canis Minor as a constellation, but they saw Procyon as significant and often named it; in the Tuamotu Archipelago it was known as Hiro, meaning "twist as a thread of coconut fiber", and Kopu-nui-o-Hiro ("great paunch of Hiro"), which was either a name for the modern figure of Canis Minor or an ...
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HD 66141 is a single [8] star in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor.It has the Bayer designation G Canis Minoris, [6] the Gould designation 50 G. Canis Minoris, [7] and has the HR 3145 identifier from the Bright Star Catalogue. [6]
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Urania's Mirror; or, a view of the Heavens is a set of 32 astronomical star chart cards, first published in November 1824. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are illustrations based on Alexander Jamieson 's A Celestial Atlas , [ 2 ] but the addition of holes punched in them allow them to be held up to a light to see a depiction of the constellation's stars. [ 1 ]
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Canis Minor, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes
11 Canis Minoris is a single [8] star in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor, [7] located around 313 light years away from the Sun. [1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.25. [2]
α Canis Minoris (Latinized to Alpha Canis Minoris) is the star's Bayer designation. The name Procyon comes from the Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokyon), meaning "before the dog", since it precedes the "Dog Star" Sirius as it travels across the sky due to Earth's rotation.