Finding Canis Minor the Lesser Dog Constellation

Canis Minor is a very simple constellation with only two stars in its star pattern and it is very easy to find when you use Orion. Explore how to find this constellation and the mythologies surrounding this star pattern. Canis Minor is associated with several mythological stories, but it's most commonly linked to a small hunting dog that accompanied Orion, the great hunter, on his adventures. In Greek mythology, Orion was a giant and a skilled hunter who had a loyal hunting companion, Canis Major (represented by the star Sirius), which was a larger and more prominent constellation than Canis Minor.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Overview of Canis Minor
2:47 - How to Find Canis Minor
5:15 - Winter Triangle Asterism
5:48 - Winter Hexagon Asterism
7:04 - Using star trail pictures to find Canis Minor
8:07 - Mythologies of Canis Minor (Greek, Egyptian, Polynesian, Aztec)
10:12 - Celestial Objects of Canis Minor (no major ones to see)
10:31 - Review of Canis Minor

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Photo Attributes
▶Akira Fujii: The Constellations http://www.davidmalin.com/fujii/gener...
▶Canis Minor Star Map: By IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) - [1] * Klepešta, Josef; Rükl, Antonín (1974) Constellations, Feltham, United Kingdom: Hamlyn, ISBN 0-600-00893-2, page 119 Bagnall, Philip M. (2012)
▶The Star Atlas Companion: What You Need to Know about the Constellations, New York, New York: Springer, ISBN 1-4614-0830-X, page 110, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Canis Minor Illustration: By Alessio Govi - Uranographia, Johann Bode, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Mesopotamia Map: By Goran tek-en - Own work Based on;Karte von Mesopotamien ▶Mesopotamia Syria, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Ptolemy Portrait: By Unknown - This reproduction is reproduced from Popular Science Monthly Volume 78, April, 1911, page 316, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Canis Minor and Monoceros: By Sidney Hall - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3g10076. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Anubis: By Jeff Dahl - Own work, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Aztec Calendar: By El Comandante - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Anubis Hieroglyphics: By Hunefer - http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/..., https://www.webcitation.org/63ZdUemZU, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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