Orion and Canis Major

by: A.Fujii/David Malin Images/Novapix
Reference: a-cst37-00003
Date: 2007-04-07

The brightest star is Sirius in Canis Major. Above at right, Orion, and above Sirius, on the left, Procyon in Canis Minor. Betelgeuse, Procyon and Sirius compose an asterism named the winter triangle.

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