Lesser Dog

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Lesser Dog is the English name for Canis Minor, a small constellation in the northern sky best known for containing the bright star Procyon.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lesser Dog canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf asterism ⓘ
constellation ⓘ
belongsToFamily Orion family of constellations ⓘ
bordersConstellation Cancer ⓘ
Gemini ⓘ
Hydra ⓘ
Monoceros ⓘ
containsStar Gomeisa ⓘ
Procyon ⓘ
linked to: Alpha Canis Minoris
hasAbbreviation CMi ⓘ
hasArea about 183 square degrees ⓘ
hasBrightestStar Procyon ⓘ
linked to: Alpha Canis Minoris
hasCulturalAssociation one of Orion’s hunting dogs ⓘ
hasDeclinationRange about +0° to +13° ⓘ
hasEclipticLatitude far from the ecliptic ⓘ
hasEnglishName Lesser Dog ⓘ
hasGenitiveForm Canis Minoris ⓘ
hasHemisphereVisibility visible from most inhabited regions of Earth ⓘ
hasLatinName Canis Minor ⓘ
hasMeaning the lesser dog ⓘ
hasNotableDeepSkyObject NGC 2485 (galaxy) ⓘ
NGC 2508 (galaxy) ⓘ
hasNotableFeature contains one of the brightest stars in the night sky, Procyon ⓘ
hasNotableObject Procyon A ⓘ
Procyon B ⓘ
hasNumberOfMainStars 2 ⓘ
hasNumberOfMessierObjects 0 ⓘ
hasNumberOfStarsWithPlanets at least 1 ⓘ
hasRankByArea 71st of the 88 constellations ⓘ
hasRightAscensionRange about 7 hours ⓘ
hasZodiacStatus non-zodiacal constellation ⓘ
isAssociatedWithFigure Canis Major ⓘ
Orion ⓘ
isAssociatedWithMythology Greek mythology ⓘ
isBestSeenAtLatitudeRange 90° to −75° ⓘ
isCataloguedBy Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaios
isLocatedIn Northern Celestial Hemisphere ⓘ
northern sky ⓘ
isPartOf modern 88 constellations ⓘ
isVisibleInMonth February ⓘ
March ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Canis Minor → englishName → Lesser Dog ⓘ
Lesser Dog → hasEnglishName → Lesser Dog ⓘ