None Monoceros Lepus Columba Puppis Canis Major (Latin for the greater dog) is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also in Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations. It is said to represent one of the dogs following Orion the hunter (see also the constellations of Orion, Canis Minor, and Canes Venatici.) Canis Major contains Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, and that star is part of the Winter Triangle. Canis Major - Notable features. < ...

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Epsilon Canis Majoris (ε CMa / ε Canis Majoris), is the second brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. It has the Bayer designation "epsilon" despite being the second brightest and not the fifth brightest star in its constellation. It also has the traditional name Adhara (sometimes spelled Adara). The name is from the Ar ...

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Sirius (α CMa / α Canis Majoris / Alpha Canis Majoris) is the brightest star in the nighttime sky, with a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46. It is located in the constellation Canis Major. Its name comes from the Latin sīrius, from Greek σείριος (seirios, "glowing" or "scorcher"). As the major star of the "Big Dog" constellation, it is often called the "Dog Star". Sirius can be seen from every inhabited region of the Earth's surface and, in the Northern Hemisphere, ...

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Augustin Royer was a Frenchman living in 1679, he created the constellation Columba by splitting off part of the constellation Canis Major. Constellations changed by Augustin Royer in 1679 ...

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None Draco Ursa Minor Cepheus Cassiopeia Perseus Auriga Lynx Ursa Major Camelopardalis, Latin for giraffe, is the name of a large but faint northern constellation first recorded by Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but probably created earlier by Petrus Plancius. Camelopardalis - Notable features. Although Camelopardalis is the 18th largest constellation, it is not a particularly bright constellation, as the brightest star ...

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Geminids Rho Geminids Lynx Auriga Taurus Orion Monoceros Canis Minor Cancer Gemini (Latin for twins, symbol , Unicode ♊) is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It is part of the winter sky, lying between Taurus to the west and the dim Cancer to the east, with Auriga and the near-invisible Lynx to the north and Monoceros and Canis Minor to the south. The Gemini program is named for it. Gemini ...

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Auriga (Latin for chariot) is a northern constellation. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, and counts as one of the 88 modern constellations. Its brightest star is Capella, which is associated with the mythological she-goat Amalthea. The three stars Epsilon, Zeta and Eta Aurigae are called Haedi (the Kids). Auriga constellation - Notable features. Two peculiar binary stars, ε Aurigae and ζ Aurigae. ε Aurigae is one of the strangest binary stars. The orbital period is abo ...

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The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is located in the same part of the sky as the constellation of Canis Major. The galaxy contains a relatively high percentage of red giant stars, and is thought to contain an estimated one billion stars in all. The Canis Major dwarf galaxy is classified as an irregular galaxy and is now thought to be the closest neighbouring galaxy to the Milky Way, being located only 42,000 light-years from the Galactic Center and approximately 25,000 light-years away from our Solar System. It has a roughly elliptic ...

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None Lepus Caelum Pictor Puppis Canis Major Columba, Latin for dove, is a small constellation just south to Canis Major and Lepus, it was cut out of the constellation Canis Major by Augustin Royer, in 1679. Columba constellation - Mythology. Since this constellation was invented in the 17th century, by cutting up parts of earlier constellations, there is no pre-17th century mythology associated with this constellation as a separat ...

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Canis Minor (Latin for little dog) is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also in Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations. It is said to represent one of the dogs following Orion the hunter. Canis Minor - Notable features. Canis Minor is a small constellation mainly consisting of the two stars, Procyon (α CMi / Alpha Canis Minoris, 0.38m) and Gomeisa (β CMi / Beta Canis Minoris), 2.9m). Procyon is the eighth brightest star in the night sky. Procyon means "anterior dog" in ...

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41 is the natural number following 40 and preceding 42. << 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 >> List of numbers -- Integers 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 >> 41 number - In mathematics. Forty-one is the 13th smallest prime number. The next is forty-three, with which it comprises a twin prime. Forty-one is also a Sophie Germain prime and a Newman-Shanks-Williams prime. 41 is the smallest Sophie Germa ...

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In Greek mythology, Geryon (Geryones,Geyron), son of Chrysaor and Callirhoe, was a winged giant made from three entire human bodies conjoined at the waist. Geryon lived on the island of Erytheia, in the far west of the Mediterranean. He owned a two-headed hound, named Orthrus, which was the brother of Cerberus, and a herd of cattle that were guarded by Orthrus, and a man named Eurythion. Geryon - Herakles' Journey to Erytheia location of the Cattle of Geryon. Heracles was required to obtain th ...

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Canes Venatici (Latin for hunting dogs) is a small northern constellation that was introduced by Johannes Hevelius in the 17th century. It is supposed to represent the dogs Chara and Asterion held on a leash by Boötes. Canes Venatici - Notable features. Canes Venatici is one of three constellations that represent dogs, along with Canis Major and Canis Minor. The constellation's brightest star is α CVn, whose proper name is Cor Caroli, named by Edmund Halley in memory of the English Ki ...

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The Twelve Labours - Geographic locations. Pointing to a possible location for their origin, or at least their formalisation, is the fact that most of the geographic locations, are all located in, or on the borders of Arcadia, or connected with it significantly. the town of Nemia, close by, and west of, Argo (the capital of Arcadia). lake Lerna to the south (which is now dry). the mountain Erymanthos, currently also called Olonos. the town Ceryneia, in the far North West of ...

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Sirius Black (born circa 1959-died June 1996) was first mentioned briefly in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as a wizard who lent Hagrid a flying motorcycle shortly after Lord Voldemort killed James and Lily Potter. His character becomes prominent in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where he is the eponymous prisoner. Sirius Black - Family and friends. Sirius Black is one of the last people born to the House of Black, a prominent family of pure-blood wizards and witches. Kno ...

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The constellation is extremely rich in bright stars and in deep-sky objects. Here are some of its stars: λ Ori (Meissa) is Orion's head. α Ori (Betelgeuse), at its right shoulder, is a red star, larger than the orbit of Venus. Although it is the α-star, it is somewhat fainter than Rigel. Betelgeuse is actually a sextuple star, but its companions are too small to be easily seen. It forms a point of the Winter Triangle. γ Ori (Bellatrix), "warrior woman", is at Orion's left shoulder. ζ Ori (Alnitak) ...

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Monoceros is an almost invisible constellation, with only a few fourth magnitude stars. Alpha Monocerotis has a visual magnitude of 3.93, slightly brighter than Gamma Monocerotis, which has a visual magnitude of 3.98. But Monoceros does have something interesting to see with the aid of a small telescope. Beta Monocerotis is an impressive triple star system, the three stars form a triangle which seems to be fixed. The visual magnitudes of the stars are 4.7, 5.2 and 6.1. William Herschel discovered it in 1781 and commented it as 'one of the most beautiful sights in the heavens'. Epsilon Monocerotis is a fixed ...

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When the sun reaches the constellation of Gemini, it meets the constellation of Auriga. Many ancient beliefs associated the daily path of the sun across the sky with the sun god using a fiery chariot, and so, here, the sun's yearly path (its transit) obtains the fiery chariot (Auriga) of the sun's daily path. Later Greek mythology considered the sun to use a cup to traverse the sky. Also in this region of the sky is a vast space without easily visible stars (now occupied by the modern constellations of Lynx, and by Camelopardalis), wh ...

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Although Camelopardalis is the 18th largest constellation, it is not a particularly bright constellation, as the brightest stars are only of fourth magnitude. β Camelopardalis is the brightest star, at apparent magnitude 4.03. This star is a double star, with components of magnitudes 4.0 and 7.4. The second brightest is CS Camelopardalis (which has neither a Bayer nor Flamsteed designation). It is of magnitude 4.21 (slightly variable). In some astronomical reference books, one will often see an altern ...

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