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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.
Name of interval between the first and last step of a major scale?
Major 7th
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'.
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 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.
What color is canis major?
Canis major is a constellation not a single star
What constellation is VY Canis Majoris in?
Canis Major
Why does the canis majoris called the canis marjoris?
Canis Majoris is not a star but a constellation and one of the 88 modern constellations. It is named after the Latin phrase for "Greater Dog" as it represents one of the dogs following the mythological figure Orion.
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.").
To which constellation largest star belong?
VY Canis Majoris belongs in the constellation Canis Major
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.
What constellation does that star Sirius belong to?
== == Sirius is the Dog Star, the brightest star (after the sun) in the sky.
Is there a black hole at the center of canis major?
There is not a black hole at the center of the Canis Major constellation. Canis Major is a constellation in the night sky and does not have a physical center like a galaxy that could potentially contain a black hole.
What is the popular name for Canis Major?
The answer is your mom Voliet8910 says: The brightest star Sirius is in it.
Which constellation has the brightest star?
canis major
