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Nu 1 Canis Majoris is a yellow-hued giant star of magnitude 5.7, 278 light-years away; it is at the threshold of naked-eye visibility. It has a companion of magnitude 8.1. [6] At the southern limits of the constellation lie Kappa and Lambda Canis Majoris. Although of similar spectra and nearby each other as viewed from Earth, they are unrelated ...
The constellation Canis Minor as it can be seen by the naked eye. Canis Minor contains only two stars brighter than fourth magnitude. At magnitude 0.34, [29] Procyon, or Alpha Canis Minoris, is the eighth-brightest star in the night sky, as well as one of the closest.
Canes Venatici (/ ˈ k eɪ n iː z v ɪ ˈ n æ t ɪ s aɪ / KAY-neez vin-AT-iss-eye) is one of the 88 constellations designated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). It is a small northern constellation that was created by Johannes Hevelius in the 17th century.
Beta Canis Majoris (β Canis Majoris, abbreviated Beta CMa, β CMa), also named Mirzam / ˈ m ɜːr z əm /, [13] is a star in the southern constellation of Canis Major, the "Great Dog", located at a distance of about 500 light-years (150 parsecs) from the Sun. [1] In the modern constellation it lies at the position of the dog's front leg.
Eta Canis Majoris (η Canis Majoris, abbreviated Eta CMa, η CMa), also named Aludra / ə ˈ l uː d r ə, ə ˈ lj uː d r ə /, [10] is a star in the constellation of Canis Major.Since 1943, the spectrum of this star has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified.
Delta Canis Majoris is the third-brightest star in the constellation after Sirius and ε Canis Majoris (Adhara), with an apparent magnitude of +1.83, and is white or yellow-white in colour. Lying about 10 degrees south southeast of Sirius, it only rises to about 11 degrees above the horizon at the latitude of the United Kingdom. [ 15 ]
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
NGC 2207 and IC 2163 are a pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 80 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Canis Major. Both galaxies were discovered by John Herschel in 1835. MIRI image of NGC 2207 and IC 2163, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope