In the case of the celestial hounds of heaven, the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor, you can blame Orion the Hunter for turning the doggies loose in our Everett starry skies. The ...

Use Orion to find Sirius and Canis Major. First things first: Find Orion. One of the most distinctive features of the constellation is the short, straight row of relatively bright stars that ...

Without a doubt, one of the best clusters of constellations in the Northwest night sky is what I call “Orion and his Gang.” The majestic constellation Orion is surrounded by a bevy of bright ...

In the case of the celestial hounds of heaven, the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor, you can blame Orion, the hunter, for turning the dog loose in our skies. Orion is one of the best-know… ...

The bright star Sirius marks the constellation of Canis Major, the great hunting dog at Orion’s feet. Procyon (pronounced PRO-see-yahn) marks the smaller hunting dog following closely behind.

As majestic as the constellation Canis Major is, Orion’s little hunting dog Canis Minor is a joke by comparison, in my opinion. It’s basically just two stars, Procyon and Gomeisa, and that’s it.

The constellation of Canis Major, the large hunting dog of Orion the hunter The binocular open star ...More cluster Messier 41 is at centre below Sirius The pair of star clusters, M46 and M47, are ...

Orion is the great hunter in Western mythology. He is accompanied in the sky by two dogs, seen as Canis Major and Canis Minor. Toward the west, he is facing Taurus, the bull.

The hotties of summer are on the doorstep, and they begin next week and will remain with us until the middle of August. These ...

Following behind him, to the east, is his faithful dog, the constellation Canis Major, the dog that features the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius. By May, Orion is setting at sunset.

For binoculars and telescopes, Canis Major is rich in star clusters. Leading the pack is the beautiful open cluster M41, also known as the Little Beehive, which lies only four degrees south of Sirius.