CANIS MINOR

[Lat.,=lesser dog], small constellation ying near the celestial equator, E of Orion and NE of Canis Major, the Large Dog. Known as the Small Dog, Canis Minor is traditionally identified as one of Orion's hunting dogs. It contains the bright star Procyon. The constellation reaches its highest point in the evening sky in late February.

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books on: Canis Minor  - 869 results

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1.
Minor Poets of the Caroline Period
Book by George Saintsbury; Clarendon Press, 1905
Subjects: English Poetry--Early Modern, 1500-1700
...ORIGINAL REDUCED FROM 10 1/2 INCHES BY 5 1/2 MINOR POETS OF THE CAROLINE PERIOD VOL. I...disparaging and discountenancing the study of minor literature. Mr. Arnolds utterances on...degree, the gift prevailed:--that even the minor poet had it, that it was an appanage and...
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A Guide to the Constellations
Book by Samuel G. Barton, William H. Barton Jr.; Whittlesey House, 1935
Subjects: Constellations
...Chart 3 -- March Cancer -- Canis Minor -- Monoceros -- Puppis, Pyxis...larger dog Sirius 14 2 Canis Minor * Kanis Manor smaller dog...ss Procyon... Prosi-on Canis Minor 0.5 3 10.5 6...
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The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun
Book by Roger Beck; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Mithraism, Rome--Religion
...zodiac from Taurus to Scorpius, constellations imagined in ancient uranography as a bull (Taurus), two dogs (Canis Major and Minor), a snake (Hydra),12 a scorpion (Scorpius), a raven (Corvus), a pair of twins (Gemini), a cup (Crater), a lion...
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Popular Astronomy: Being the New Descriptive Astronomy
Book by Joel Dorman Steele; American Book Company, 1899
Subjects: Astronomy
...Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 3. The minor planets, of which about four hundred and...ellipse; AC is the major axis ; BD, the minor , or conjugate axis ; O, the center...or mean distance; OB, the semi-axis-minor ; the ratio of OS to OA is the eccentricity...
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Night Has a Thousand Eyes: A Naked-Eye Guide to the Sky, Its Science, Its Lore
Book by Arthur Upgren; Perseus, 2000
Subjects: Astronomy--Observers' Manuals, Astronomy--Popular Works
...north lies the star Procyon in Canis Minor only 11 light-years distant. These...famous shoulder. Procyon lies in Canis Minor, the small dog, a constellation...around Orion, the central one. Canis Minor has been mentioned and rather...
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journal articles on: Canis Minor  - 19 results

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Canis Major: Introducing Raymond Queneau
Journal article by Mary Campbell-Sposito; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 17, 1997
Subjects: French literature--20th century, Queneau, Raymond--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...graphically violent and erotic nature of some American detective fiction. Allusions to James Joyce abound. Queneau uses names of minor characters in Ulysses, duplicates many of its locations, and refers to Joyce himself. The revolutionaries password is "Finnegans...
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Excavations at the Kipapa Rockshelter, Kahikinui, Maui, Hawai'i
Journal article by Sharyn Jones O'Day; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 40, 2001
Subjects: Cave-dwellings, Excavations (Archaeology)--Research, Hawaiians--Homes and haunts, Maui
...Canis familiaris...1 1 0.2 Canis familiaris 4 1...Canis familiaris 1 1...
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Patterns of Animal Utilization in the Holocene of the Philippines: A Comparison of Faunal Samples from Four Archeological Sites
Journal article by Karen M. Mudar; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 36, 1997
Subjects: Archaeology--Philippines, Paleogeography--Holocene, Philippines--History
...7.3 Canis familiaris 1...1 0.3 Canis familiaris 2 3.3...1 1.8 1 1.6 Canis familiaris 3 8.6...
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New Evidence for Southeast Asian Pleistocene Foraging Economies: Faunal Remains from the Early Levels of Lang Rongrien Rockshelter, Krabi, Thailand
Journal article by Karen Mudar, Douglas Anderson; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 46, 2007
Subjects: Animals, Fossil--Analysis, Foraging (Animal feeding behavior)--Research, Foraging--Research, Fossil animals--Analysis, Glacial epoch--Research, Ice age--Research, Swine--Natural history, Thailand--Natural history
...Lesser) Treeshrew Tupaia cf. minor X...br/ Canid Canis sp. or Cuon alpinus...Lesser) Treeshrew Tupaia cf. minor X...br/ Canid Canis sp. or Cuon alpinus...
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Necrotic Spider or Tick Bite? Hobo Spider Venom or Ehrlichial Bacteria?
Journal article by Cornelia Richardson-Boedler; The Forensic Examiner, Vol. 16, 2007
Subjects: Bites (Injuries)--Care and treatment, Bites (Injuries)--Diagnosis, Bites and stings--Care and treatment, Bites and stings--Diagnosis, Ehrlichiosis--Care and treatment, Ehrlichiosis--Diagnosis, Spider venom--Complications and side effects, Spider venoms--Complications and side effects
...sphingomyelinase, which may add to some minor effects derived from the venom...of illness, attributed to E. canis, had occurred circa 1 week after...evidence of infection with E. canis or a closely related species...Human infection with Ehrlichia canis, a leukocytic rickettsia. New...
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The Sky in October
Magazine article by Joe Rao; Natural History, Vol. 115, October 2006
Subjects: Astronomy, Autumnal equinox, Mercury, Planets, Saturn, Sun
...Regulus, also in Leo. Of all the stars within thirty degrees of Saturn, only similarly hued Procyon, in the constellation Canis Minor, the little dog, shines brighter than the Ringed Planet. The edge of the rings continues tilting slowly toward our line...
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: The 40-Year Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Continues to Evolve. What Will the Next 40 Years Bring?
Magazine article by H. Paul Shuch; The Futurist, Vol. 37, May-June 2003
Subjects: Life on other planets--Forecasts
...What do we stand to gain? And to lose? One could argue that Canis familiaris (domestic dog) enjoys a longer life span and better...interstellar transmission lest we give ourselves away. With only a few minor exceptions, we have refrained from shouting in the jungle. The...
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In Pursuit of Anti-Semitism
Magazine article by William F. Buckley Jr., Joseph Sobran, Ronald R. Stockton, Norman Podhoretz, William Pfaff, Irving Kristol, James M. Wall, A.M. Rosenthal, Alan M. Dershowitz, David Frum, Robert D. Novak, Hugh Kenner, Edwin M. Yoder Jr., Murray Reswick, Eliot A. Cohen, Manfred Weidhorn, Murray Rothbard; National Review, Vol. 44, March 16, 1992
Subjects: Antisemitism--Analysis, Ethnic relations--Analysis, Jews--Public opinion
...obsession--a more or less official national obsession with a tiny, faraway socialist ethnocracy, which, I agree, ought to be a very minor concern of American policy-makers, but isnt. The orthodox view that Israel is a "reliable ally" is so brittle that a single...
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Isles of Eternal Spring : Overlooked Mysteries of the Canary Islands
Magazine article by Steenie Harvey; World and I, Vol. 17, April 2002
Subjects: Canary Islands--History
...because of its multitude of dogs (the Latin word for dog being canis). This is the origin of the name by which we know the Canaries...Capraria (Lanzarote), Planaria (Fuerteventura), and Junonia Minor (Gomera). The Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy (a.d. 90...


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newspaper articles on: Canis Minor  - 5 results

 
 
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The Stars
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 19, 2006
...foot. Orions Hunting Dogs are always nearby. Then you might recognise the two bright stars in the Procyon in Canis Minor and Sirius in Canis Major. Another favourite is the Plough and the North Star. Since different constellations are visible at different...
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Our Ancestors Were More Attuned to the Passing of the Seasons; Astronomical Notes for December by Gill Pilfold of the Birmingham Astronomical Society
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 26, 2005
...the tiny but perfect Seven Sisters. Just behind Orions left shoulder is Procyon in Canis Minor, the lesser of his canine hunting companions. It is Sirius in Canis Major who is the greater dog and he trots after his masters heels to the left and...
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A Starry, Silent Night of Wonder in the Outback
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 4, 2002
...Orion the hunter and his two hunting dogs, Canis Major - which contains the brightest star in the sky, Sirius - and Canis Minor. In the ecliptic setting on the horizon, he shows us the planet Jupiter and signs of the zodiac: Gemini, Cancer, Leo...
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DuPage Collegians
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 16, 2004
...was "Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination In Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) and Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) from Northern...has earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication with a minor in marketing. She is a four- year member of the NIU Womens Soccer...
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Gardens: Go for the Wow Factor
Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), September 11, 2004
...is ideal for rock gardens or raised beds. Erythronium dens-canis Planting time: early autumn Bloom time: April/ May Height: 25...Puschkinia libanotica, a perennial that originates from Asia Minor. Sprekelia formosissima Planting time: Autumn Bloom time...


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encyclopedia articles on: Canis Minor  - 6 results

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Canis Minor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CANIS MINOR Lat.,=lesser dog, small constellation ying near the celestial equator, E of Orion and NE of Canis Major, the Large Dog. Known as the Small Dog, Canis Minor is traditionally identified as one of Orions hunting dogs. It contains the...
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Canis Major
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...equator, SE of Orion. Known as the Large Dog ( Canis Minor is the Small Dog), it was associated with the...known as the Dog Star. Other bright stars in Canis Major are Adhara (Epsilon Canis Majoris), Mirzam (Beta Canis Majoris), and Wezen...
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Gemini
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...through the heavens) between Taurus and Cancer, N of Canis Minor; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . Gemini...Castor and Pollux (north of the bright star Procyon in Canis Minor), are two of the brightest stars in the sky and were...
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Procyon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROCYON pro seon , brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor ; Bayer designation Canis Minoris; 1992 position R.A. 7 h 38.9 m , Dec.+5 15. A yellow-white star of spectral class F5 IV-V...
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Constellations
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Canis Major Large Dog 7 23 Canis Minor Small Dog 7 +25 Capricornus...Leo 1 Lion 11 +17 Leo Minor Small Lion 10 +35 Lepus Hare...Major Large Bear 10 +48 Ursa Minor Small Bear 15 +73 Vela Sails...
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