Canis Major

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astronomicalObject constellation

Canis Major is a prominent southern sky constellation often associated with the "Great Dog" and containing Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Canis Major canonical 11
Canis Major constellation 1
Canis Majoris 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject ⓘ
constellation ⓘ
abbreviation CMa ⓘ
areaRank 43 ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees 380 ⓘ
associatedWith Greater Dog ⓘ
surface form: Great Dog

Orion constellation ⓘ
belongsTo IAU 88 modern constellations list ⓘ
surface form: IAU 88 modern constellations
bestVisibleInMonth February ⓘ
borderedBy Carina ⓘ
Columba ⓘ
Lepus ⓘ
Monoceros ⓘ
Pictor ⓘ
Puppis ⓘ
contains Adhara ⓘ
Sirius ⓘ
surface form: Alpha Canis Majoris

Aludra ⓘ
Beta Canis Majoris ⓘ
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Collinder 121 ⓘ
Collinder 140 ⓘ
Delta Canis Majoris ⓘ
Epsilon Canis Majoris ⓘ
Eta Canis Majoris ⓘ
Furud ⓘ
Gamma Canis Majoris ⓘ
IC 2163 ⓘ
M41 ⓘ
Messier 41 ⓘ
Mirzam ⓘ
Muliphein ⓘ
NGC 2207 ⓘ
NGC 2359 ⓘ
NGC 2360 ⓘ
NGC 2362 ⓘ
Omicron2 Canis Majoris ⓘ
Sirius ⓘ
Tau Canis Majoris ⓘ
Thor’s Helmet Nebula ⓘ
Wezen ⓘ
Zeta Canis Majoris ⓘ
openCluster M41 ⓘ
containsBrightestStarInNightSky Sirius ⓘ
containsMeteorShower Canis Majorids ⓘ
declination approximately −20 degrees ⓘ
genitiveForm Canis Major self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canis Majoris
hemisphere southern ⓘ
listedBy Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy
locatedIn southernCelestialHemisphere ⓘ
meaningOfName Greater Dog ⓘ
surface form: Great Dog

Greater Dog ⓘ
mythology one of Orion’s hunting dogs ⓘ
name Canis Major self-link ⓘ
numberOfMainStars 8 ⓘ
quadrant SQ2 ⓘ
rightAscension approximately 7 hours ⓘ
SiriusApparentMagnitude −1.46 ⓘ
SiriusDistanceLightYears 8.6 ⓘ
visibleAtLatitudesBetween +60 ⓘ
−90 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy → constellation → Canis Major ⓘ
CMa Dwarf → locatedInConstellation → Canis Major ⓘ
CMa Overdensity → locatedInConstellation → Canis Major ⓘ
Canis Major → name → Canis Major self-link ⓘ
Canis Major → genitiveForm → Canis Major self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canis Majoris
IAU 88 modern constellations list → includes → Canis Major ⓘ
Monoceros Ring → overlapsOnSkyWith → Canis Major ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canis Major constellation
Monoceros → borders → Canis Major ⓘ
Canis Minor → associatedWith → Canis Major ⓘ
Sirius → locatedInConstellation → Canis Major ⓘ
Ptolemy’s 48 constellations → includesConstellation → Canis Major ⓘ
The Warm Up → hasProducer → Canis Major ⓘ
Spdt → locatedInConstellation → Canis Major ⓘ