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| IPTC INFO | | Caption | Canis Major Latin: greater dog is one of the 88 modern constellations and was also in Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations. It is said to represent one of the dogs following Orion the hunter see also the constellations of Orion Canis Minor and Canes Venatici. Canis Major contains Sirius the brightest star in the night sky and that star is part of what is called the Winter Triangle in the Northern Hemisphere or the Summer Triangle in the Southern | | Headline | Canis Major Latin: greater dog is one of the 88 modern constellations and was also in Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations. | | Copyright Notice | wiki/CanisMajor_constellation | | Credit | hubblesource.stsci.edu | | URL | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis Major_constellation |
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