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  2. Canis Minor - Wikipedia

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    Gamma, Epsilon and Eta Canis Minoris lie nearby, [40] marking the dog's neck, crown and chest, respectively. [39] Although it has an apparent magnitude of 4.34, Gamma Canis Minoris is an orange K-type giant of spectral class K3-III C, which lies 318 light-years (97 parsecs) away. [41] Its colour is obvious when seen through binoculars. [40]

  3. Procyon - Wikipedia

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    The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 [40] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Procyon for the star α Canis Minoris A. The two dog stars are referred to in the most ancient literature and were venerated by the Babylonians and the Egyptians, In Babylonian mythology, Procyon was known as ...

  4. Canis Major - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Greeks refer only to one dog, but by Roman times, Canis Minor appears as Orion's second dog. Alternative names include Canis Sequens and Canis Alter. [ 5 ] Canis Syrius was the name used in the 1521 Alfonsine tables .

  5. HD 66141 - Wikipedia

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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]

  6. Pole star - Wikipedia

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    While there was no naked-eye star close to the pole, the midpoint between Alpha and Beta Ursae Minoris was reasonably close to the pole, and it appears that the entire constellation of Ursa Minor, in antiquity known as Cynosura (Greek Κυνόσουρα "dog's tail"), [1] was used as indicating the northern direction for the purposes of ...

  7. Canis - Wikipedia

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    The genus Canis (Carl Linnaeus, 1758) was published in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae [2] and included the dog-like carnivores: the domestic dog, wolves, coyotes and jackals. All species within Canis are phylogenetically closely related with 78 chromosomes and can potentially interbreed . [ 4 ]

  8. List of stars for navigation - Wikipedia

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    Of particular note among these stars are "the dog star" Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, and four stars of the easily identified constellation Orion. Equatorial stars of the western hemisphere The equatorial region of the celestial sphere's western hemisphere includes 13 navigational stars from Gienah in the constellation Corvus to Markab ...

  9. Gamma Canis Minoris - Wikipedia

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    Gamma Canis Minoris (γ Canis Minoris) is a binary star system in the equatorial constellation Canis Minor. Its orange colour is obvious when seen through binoculars. [ 7 ] The system is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.33. [ 2 ]

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