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Canis Major

space Maturity 7-9

Look up at the night sky.

Canis Major - Orion.jpg
Canis Major - Orion.jpg
You can see a big dog. It is made of bright stars. One star is very bright. It is called the dog star.
Sirius 1.jpg
Sirius 1.jpg
Can you find it?

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File:Canis Major IAU.svg
Canis Major IAU.svg
File:Sirius 1.jpg
Sirius 1.jpg
File:Canis Major on the Manuchihr Globe.jpg
Canis Major on the Manuchihr Globe.jpg
File:Canis Major - Orion.jpg
Canis Major - Orion.jpg
File:Crab Nebula.jpg
Crab Nebula.jpg
File:Stars fleeing a cosmic crash.jpg
Stars fleeing a cosmic crash.jpg
File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Canis Major, Lepus, Columba Noachi & Cela Sculptoris.jpg
Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Canis...
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Earth-moon.jpg
File:VLT image of the surroundings of VY Canis Majoris seen with SPHERE.jpg
VLT image of the surroundings of VY Canis...
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CanisMajorCC.jpg
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He1523a.jpg
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Jupiter and moon.png
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