This sky map shows the locations of the Canis Major (Big Dog), Canis Minor (Little Dog) and Orion constellations in the southeastern sky at 9 pm ET as seen from the U.S. East Coast. (Image credit: Starry Night Software) Accompanying the well-known constellation Orion, the mighty ...
In terms of popularity, I suppose that "Mama Cass" probably ranks fourth among the star patterns behind theBig Dipper, Orion and the Pleiades. Certainly her shape is easy to remember — an irregular letter "M" or "W" formed by the pattern's five brightest stars, depending on how you lo...