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Canis Major is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. In the second century, it was included in Ptolemy 's 48 constellations, and is counted among the 88 modern constellations . Its name is Latin for "greater dog" in contrast to Canis Minor , the "lesser dog"; both figures are commonly represented as following the constellation ...
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Messier 41 (also known as M41 or NGC 2287) is an open cluster in the constellation Canis Major.It is sometimes referred to as the Little Beehive Cluster. [4] It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and was perhaps known to Aristotle about 325 BC. [5]
NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula [3] in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution.
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The stars in the hexagon are parts of six constellations. Counter-clockwise around the hexagon, starting with Rigel, these are Orion , Taurus , Auriga , Gemini , Canis Minor , and Canis Major . See also
The brightest member star system is Tau Canis Majoris, and therefore it is sometimes called the Tau Canis Majoris Cluster. The cluster is located at a distance of approximately 1.48 kpc from the Sun , [ 1 ] and appears associated with the giant nebula Sh2-310 that lies at the same distance, [ 7 ] about one degree to the east.