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Canis Major means Big Dog and to the ancient civilisations it looked like a big dog.
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What constellation are Three stars forming a triangle straight above?
Canis Major, often called The Great Dog. Sirius is sometimes called The Dog Star.
What is the name of a group of dozens of stars in an irregular shape is a?
Constellation.
What is a constellation that is a shape of a quadrilateral?
The Lepus Constellation, "Lepus" meaning 'Hare'. The formation of the quadrilateral stars is known as 'Arsh-al-Jawza'.
Name of interval between the first and last step of a major scale?
Major 7th
Which constellation is shaped like a pentagon?
Auriga
What is the origin of the constellation name canis major?
Canis major is one Orion's hunting dogs Canis major contains the star Sirius in it which is the brightest star in the sky Canis major comes along with Canis minor
What color is canis major?
Canis major is a constellation not a single star
What constellation is VY Canis Majoris in?
Canis Major
What is the name of the dog in the constellation of Orion?
There is no dog in the constellation of Orion. But just to his east are the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor, the big and little dogs.
To which constellation largest star belong?
VY Canis Majoris belongs in the constellation Canis Major
Canis major got his name. how?
The Greeks thought the constellation Canis Major looked like a big dog so that's what they named it (Canis Major is Greek for "Big Dog.").
Why does the canis majoris called the canis marjoris?
"Canis Major" is the Latin name used for the constellation "the Greater Dog". The main stars have Greek letters in the Bayer system, combined with the constellation name. When naming a star in a constellation, the genitive (possessive) case of the Latin constellation name is used. For Canis Major that is "Canis Majoris". For example, Sirius is Alpha Canis Majoris in the Bayer star naming system. It means "Star A of the greater dog". (Sirius is also called the 'Dog Star'.)
What is Sirius's Constellation?
Sirius = Alpha Canis Majoris. In other words, it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, or Big Dog.
Is there a black hole at the center of canis major?
Canis Major is a constellation, therefore there is no centre.
What constellation does that star Sirius belong to?
== == Sirius is the Dog Star, the brightest star (after the sun) in the sky.
Which constellation has the brightest star?
canis major
In Which constellation does Sirius belong?
Canis Major
