The Lesser Dog
Canis Minor
Genitive: Canis Minoris · abbreviation CMi
Best evening month
February
Visible from
85°S to 90°N
Centre RA
7h 17m 00s
Centre Dec
+5° 00′
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Mythology & origin
Orion's smaller hunting dog. Its bright star Procyon — 'before the dog' — rises just ahead of Sirius.
Ptolemy · Almagest, 2nd century AD