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The Big and Little Dog
Canis Major and Minor are known as the Big and Little dogs. The two were supposedly Orion’s hunting dogs. Canis Major contains Sirius, the Dog star, which is the brightest star in the sky. Canis Minor is the smaller dog that accompanied Orion.