Canis Major (the Larger Dog) is dominated by brilliant Sirius, which
lies to the upper left of center. Mirzam is to the right, while much dimmer
Mulipein is to the left. The triangle down near the bottom, below Sirius,
is composed (clockwise from the lower left) of Aludra, Wezen,
and bright Adhara. Sigma CMa liesd in between the latter two.
Omicron-1 then lies directly between Wezen and Sirius,
while Omicron-2 is just to the right (to the west of)
Omicron-1. Tau is the brighter of the two stars just up and to the left
of Wezen. Furud (Zeta) is the bright star far to the right of Wezen.
Sirius is at the southern apex of the
Winter Triangle. Canis Major lies to the east of
Orion, the two here seen in context.
The fuzzy spot down and a bit to the right of Sirius is the open cluster M 41.
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