On a clear starlight night there are not more than a thousand stars visible to the naked eye at one time. The largest telescope reveals nearly a hundred million.
CANIS MAJOR (kā´-nis mā-jor)—THE GREATER DOG. (Face South.)
Location.—The three stars in Orion's girdle point southeast to Sirius, the dog star, in Canis Major, the most brilliant star in the heavens. It was connected in the minds of the Egyptians with the rising of the Nile, and is receding from the earth at the rate of twenty miles a second.
The star ν is a triple. The cluster (41 M.) can be seen with an opera-glass, just below it.
Between δ and ο1 note a remarkable array of minute stars, also the very red star 22.
δ and ζ are doubles for an opera-glass.
Below η there is a fine group.