Re: What is the smallest constellation in the sky?

Date: Tue Jan 9 19:58:32 2001
Posted By: Steven Furlanetto, Grad student, Astronomy, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 978899608.As

Message:

The smallest constellation is called Canis Minor. It has only two stars, named Procyon and Gameisa. It is one of Orion's hunting dogs, and is visible from the Northern hemisphere

You can learn more about Canis Minor, including its coordinates, at http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Canis_Mino r.html.

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