A little ramble through You Tube - Canis Minor the Lesser Dog

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In modern mythology Canis Minor is the Lesser Dog constellation that together with Canis Major follows Orion the Hunter across the sky.

It appears not to have been known to the classical Greek astronomers it was simply referred to as rising before his companion star. It is about the time of Ptolemy c100-170 CE that it appears as a separate constellation and is therefore included in the 48 classical constellations.

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There are 88 constellations in the night sky, 48 are regarded as classical in that they were known to the astronomers living thousands of years ago. The other 40 are called modern. These were added during the 1500s, 1600s and 1700s.Many are in the southern hemisphere which were unknown to Europeans.

People tend to use the Greek myths and legends with the classical constellations; the modern ones have no myths or legends attached to them.

Most of the star names used are Arabic