Canis Minor

CMi star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...

Origin of Constellation

Almagest Προκύων

id	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Πρόκυνος ἀστερισμός.
1	ὁ ἐν τῷ αὐχένι	The star in the neck
2	ὁ κατὰ τῶν ὀπισθίωυ λαμπρὸς καλούμενος Προκύωυ.	The bright star just over the hindquarters, called Procyon
all	ἀστέρες β, ὧν α μεγέθους α, δ’ ἄ.	{2 Stars, 1 of the lirst magnitude, 1 of the fourth}

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)