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Canis Major (Big Dog, CMa)
subject			fact

Canis Major	is a part of celestial sphere
	has genitive Canis Majoris
	has boundary
	has synonym Big Dog
	has historical origin one of Orion's hunting dogs
	has acronym CMa
	is an instance of constellation
constellation	is a part of celestial sphere
	has component asterism
	has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions
equatorial sky area	is defined using equatorial coordinates
quantity	has unit
number	has value