Canis Minor

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

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Orion-Group of constellations on the Kugel Globe, drawing and animated GIF by SMH 2025.

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)