Canis Minor
the Lesser Dog
the Lesser Dog
Fixed J2000 coordinates
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How to read this chart
Dots mark stars, and their sizes indicate brightness. Stars appear dark on light charts and light on dark charts. Green lines show a constellation pattern. The surrounding grid gives right ascension and declination.
This is a fixed reference map, rather than a view of tonight’s sky.
Read the full chart guide →Boundary coordinates
The boundary marks a sky region; it is separate from the green star pattern. These files preserve ordered coordinate points in the J2000 reference system.
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Right ascension uses hours, minutes and seconds. Declination is in degrees. Convert right ascension to degrees with 15 × (hours + minutes/60 + seconds/3600).
RA (h m s) | Dec (degrees) | Abbreviation 08 11 23.7617 | -0.3693900 | CMI 07 18 23.9199 | -0.2243290 | CMI 07 18 28.0605 | 1.2755718 | CMI 07 07 28.1751 | 1.3074419 | CMI 07 07 39.4259 | 5.3071680 | CMI
The 0h / 24h meridian is continuous. A coordinate jump there should not be treated as a straight line across a flat map.