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  2. Canis Minor - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Urania's Mirror - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  4. 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]

  5. File:Canis Minor constellation map.svg - Wikipedia

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    Canis_minor_constellation_map.png: Torsten Bronger derivative work: Kxx ( talk ) This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version.

  6. File:Canis minor diagram.svg - Wikipedia

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  7. File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Monoceros, Canis Minor ...

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  9. Astronomical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Although the use of astrological sign symbols is rare, the particular symbol ♈︎ for Aries, is an exception; it is commonly used in modern astronomy to represent the location of the (slowly) moving reference point for the ecliptic and equatorial celestial coordinate systems.