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Canis Minor (Little Dog, CMi) | ||||
subject | fact |
Canis Minor | is a part of celestial sphere | |
has genitive Canis Minoris | ||
has synonym Little Dog | ||
has historical origin one of Orion's hunting dogs | ||
has acronym CMi | ||
is an instance of constellation | ||
constellation | has boundary defined in equatorial coordinates | |
is a part of celestial sphere | ||
has component asterism | ||
has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions | ||
equatorial sky area | is defined using equatorial coordinates | |
quantity | has unit | |
number | has value |