Official IAU constellation
Canis Minor
Lesser Dog
IAU abbreviation: CMi
Visibility
Broadly visible from both hemispheres
Best placed
January, February, December
Difficulty
easy
Pattern
2 stars, 1 lines
About
Canis Minor is one of the 88 IAU-recognized constellations, reconstructed here from 2 stars using the ConstellationLines (Marc van der Sluys) stick-figure convention.
- Canis Minor is one of the 88 constellations officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union.
- This pattern connects 2 stars with 1 line in this game's stick-figure convention.
- Its brightest named star in this pattern is Procyon (apparent magnitude 0.4).
Important Stars
ProcyonGomeisa