Greater Dog

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Greater Dog is a prominent constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, best known for containing Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Great Dog 3
Greater Dog canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf asterism ⓘ
constellation ⓘ
main-sequence star ⓘ
white dwarf ⓘ
abbreviation CMa ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Canis Major ⓘ
apparentMagnitude −1.46 ⓘ
associatedMythology Greek mythology ⓘ
belongsToFamily Orion family of constellations ⓘ
bestKnownFor containing Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky ⓘ
borderingConstellation Carina ⓘ
Columba ⓘ
Lepus ⓘ
Monoceros ⓘ
Pictor ⓘ
Puppis ⓘ
celestialHemisphere southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
contains Adhara ⓘ
Aludra ⓘ
Sirius ⓘ
Sirius A ⓘ
linked to: Sirius

Sirius B ⓘ
linked to: Sirius

Wezen ⓘ
open cluster M41 ⓘ
linked to: Messier 41
containsBrightestStar Sirius ⓘ
declinationRange approximately −11° to −33° ⓘ
genitiveForm Canis Majoris ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility best seen from latitudes south of 60°N ⓘ
isPartOf Canis Major ⓘ
Greater Dog ⓘ
Sirius system ⓘ
name Greater Dog ⓘ
represents the larger of Orion’s hunting dogs ⓘ
rightAscensionRange approximately 6h to 7h ⓘ
spectralType A1V ⓘ
visibleInSeason northern winter ⓘ
southern summer ⓘ
zodiacConstellation false ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Canis Major → meaningOfName → Greater Dog ⓘ
Canis Major → meaningOfName → Great Dog ⓘ
linked to: Greater Dog
Canis Major → associatedWith → Great Dog ⓘ
linked to: Greater Dog
Sirius → isPartOf → Greater Dog ⓘ
subject linked to: Greater Dog
Gamma Canis Majoris → isPartOfAsterism → Great Dog ⓘ
linked to: Greater Dog