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Uuurgh! What are the ABSOULTE Magnitudes of Muliphem and Furud?! I can only find the apparent magnitudes, and I've been searching for half an hour!
My understanding is that Sirius is called the "dog star," not because of the hot, dog days of summer, but because it is part of the Canis Major, one of Orion's hunting dogs. Please help me with this. Thanks. (Douglas Arvidson, author of the Sci-Fi/adventure novel, THE EYE OF THE STALLION)
Can you add a table list of stars in this constellation with the columns Bayer designations{BD}, Flamsteed designations{F}, Names and other designations, right ascension, declination, apparent magnitude{App Mag}, absolute magnitude{Abs Mag}, distance (Ly), spectral type, and comments in order of apparent magnitudes.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rursus ( talk • contribs) 19:44, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
...in antiquity. I removed an unnecessary speculation, saying that "(or perhaps only the star Sirius)" regarding what the Romans and the Greeks regarded as the dog of Orion. We nowadays make a distinction between the constellation and the brightest stars, since for us such a distinction makes sense, we have a myth and we have a lot of physical information about the real stars. For the people in the antiquity, only the myths were available. They generally regarded the brightest star as the representative of the constellation myth. Said: Rursus ☻ 19:44, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
See
here and
here and
here
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@ StringTheory11: - any other stars or galaxies you think we need include...this page is getting a bit large..... Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 05:27, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Minor comment on refs: to be included in the "references" list (and cited Harvard-style), the criterion appears to be that the source is a published monograph. However there are several books in the notes that don't follow this principle. For example notes 21,23, and possibly 78, 79, 80 (maybe some others). Have i missed hte pattern here? Is something else determining how the referencing is being done? hamiltonstone ( talk) 09:34, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
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Generally excellent article. hamiltonstone ( talk) 13:10, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
I was looking up the largest star in out galaxy. VY Canis Majoris. When you go to this or many other stars in Wiki, a depiction of that segment of sky and constellation is shown. However it would be helpful if there was a marker or circle or something showing which star is the article referring. Not everyone is up on their Greek alphabet and in the case of VY, I don't see it shown or listed in the picture.
I looked up another star somewhere else and again, I could not find it in the alphabet soup shown on the chart. Just circle the darn thing please. It saves a lot if time wasted searching. Chicago Chilibob ( talk) 05:46, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
While there are good references to the constellation, where is it located in the sky? I suppose it could be found independently, but it would seem appropriate to do so here, both from the perspective of the Northern and Southern skies. Thank you. 96.63.53.152 ( talk) 15:38, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
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Uuurgh! What are the ABSOULTE Magnitudes of Muliphem and Furud?! I can only find the apparent magnitudes, and I've been searching for half an hour!
My understanding is that Sirius is called the "dog star," not because of the hot, dog days of summer, but because it is part of the Canis Major, one of Orion's hunting dogs. Please help me with this. Thanks. (Douglas Arvidson, author of the Sci-Fi/adventure novel, THE EYE OF THE STALLION)
Can you add a table list of stars in this constellation with the columns Bayer designations{BD}, Flamsteed designations{F}, Names and other designations, right ascension, declination, apparent magnitude{App Mag}, absolute magnitude{Abs Mag}, distance (Ly), spectral type, and comments in order of apparent magnitudes.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rursus ( talk • contribs) 19:44, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
...in antiquity. I removed an unnecessary speculation, saying that "(or perhaps only the star Sirius)" regarding what the Romans and the Greeks regarded as the dog of Orion. We nowadays make a distinction between the constellation and the brightest stars, since for us such a distinction makes sense, we have a myth and we have a lot of physical information about the real stars. For the people in the antiquity, only the myths were available. They generally regarded the brightest star as the representative of the constellation myth. Said: Rursus ☻ 19:44, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
See
here and
here and
here
Cas Liber (
talk ·
contribs) 07:05, 19 March 2014 (UTC) sorted.
Cas Liber (
talk ·
contribs)
05:27, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
@ StringTheory11: - any other stars or galaxies you think we need include...this page is getting a bit large..... Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 05:27, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Minor comment on refs: to be included in the "references" list (and cited Harvard-style), the criterion appears to be that the source is a published monograph. However there are several books in the notes that don't follow this principle. For example notes 21,23, and possibly 78, 79, 80 (maybe some others). Have i missed hte pattern here? Is something else determining how the referencing is being done? hamiltonstone ( talk) 09:34, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
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Generally excellent article. hamiltonstone ( talk) 13:10, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
I was looking up the largest star in out galaxy. VY Canis Majoris. When you go to this or many other stars in Wiki, a depiction of that segment of sky and constellation is shown. However it would be helpful if there was a marker or circle or something showing which star is the article referring. Not everyone is up on their Greek alphabet and in the case of VY, I don't see it shown or listed in the picture.
I looked up another star somewhere else and again, I could not find it in the alphabet soup shown on the chart. Just circle the darn thing please. It saves a lot if time wasted searching. Chicago Chilibob ( talk) 05:46, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
While there are good references to the constellation, where is it located in the sky? I suppose it could be found independently, but it would seem appropriate to do so here, both from the perspective of the Northern and Southern skies. Thank you. 96.63.53.152 ( talk) 15:38, 12 May 2021 (UTC)