Canis Major: One of the 88 modern constellations, and was included in the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy's 48 constellations. Its name is Latin for 'greater dog', and is commonly represented as one of the dogs following Orion the hunter (see also Canis Minor the 'lesser dog'). Canis Major contains Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, known as the 'dog star'. It is bright because of its proximity to our Solar System. In contrast, the other bright stars of the constellation are distant luminous bright giants and supergiants. At magnitude 1.5, Epsilon Canis Majoris (Adhara) is the second brightest star of the constellation, followed by Delta (Wezen) at 1.8, Beta (Mirzam) at 2.0 and Eta (Aludra) at 2.4. The red supergiant VY Canis Majoris is one of the largest stars known.
Lovely industrial necklace with retaining rings wrapped with 28ga black wire and 3mm light siam crystal bicones working their way around to the bottom where a lovely 11mm lt. siam crystal teardrop dangles and top center an additional red bicone dangles as a nice finishing touch.
Pendant dimensions: 1 1/2 inches tall x 1 inch wide 18 inch gunmetal rolo chain with 3 inch extender chain