In fact, the brightest stars in Canis Major and Canis Minor, Sirius and Procyon, respectively, together with Betelgeuse, form an almost perfect equilateral triangle.
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"' Luyten's Star "'( GJ 273 ) is a red dwarf in the constellation Canis Minor located at a distance of approximately from the Sun.
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One of them, called " Merzem ", includes the stars of Canis Major and Canis Minor and is the herald of two weeks of hot weather.
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The stars of Canis Minor were incorporated along with some stars of Orion and Gemini into an asterism associated with the day called " Water ".
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In Chinese astronomy, the stars corresponding to Canis Minor lie in the Gemini, Shuiwei represented an official who managed floodwaters or a marker of the water level.
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The genus name, " Procyon ", comes from the Greek for " before the dog "; this term is also used for the star Procyon of the constellation Canis Minor.
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It is the brightest star in the region, roughly halfway in between, but well below, an imaginary line joining the brighter stars Regulus, in Leo, and Procyon, in Canis Minor.
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In ancient Indian Hindu tradition the Yamaloka ( hell ); the Milky Way forming the dividing river between heaven and hell and the Canis Major and Canis Minor representing dogs that guarded the Gates of Hell.
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Orion's hunting dogs, Canis Major and Canis Minor, follow their master across the sky and are east of Orio . . hn fact, the brightest stars in Canis Major and Canis Minor, Sirius and Procyon, respectively, together with Betelgeuse, form an almost perfect equilateral triangle.
