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Pup, the 1st white dwarf to be discovered, is the lesser component of this dog star 
... Crab Nebula was formed by one of these massive exploding stars in 1054. [DOC] [TLE] Canis Minor - Wikipedia [PAR] Canis Minor /kens manr/ is a small constellation in the northern celestial 
hemisphere. ... Its name is Latin for "lesser dog", in contrast to Canis Major, the "
greater dog"; ... A yellow-white main sequence star, it has a white dwarf 
companion. ... towards the end of its life cycle, was discovered to have a planet in 
2012. [DOC] [TLE] White dwarf - Wikipedia [PAR] A white dwarf, also called a degenerate dwarf, is a stellar remnant composed 
mostly of ... The nearest known white dwarf is Sirius B, at 8.6 light years, the 
smaller component of the Sirius binary star. ... The first white dwarf discovered 
was in the triple star system of 40 Eridani, which contains the relatively bright 
main... [DOC] [TLE] Sirius - Alpha Canis Majoris - alpha CMa | Free Star Charts [PAR] Sirius is also known as the "Dog Star" and what's immediately noticeable is it 
twinkles! ... In practice all stars do twinkle, also to a lesser extent the planets, but 
the effect is ... The primary component is a white main-sequence star of spectral 
type A1V ... Clark finally discovered the companion, now named Sirius B or the "
Pup". [DOC] [TLE] Measuring a White Dwarf Star | NASA [PAR] Light from the surface of the white dwarf has to climb out of this gravitational field 
and is ... At 8.6 light-years away, Sirius is one of the nearest known stars to Earth. 
... Its diminutive companion, however, was not discovered until 1862. .... WFPC2 
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astronomers knew this star group as Al Kalb al Asghar, which means 'lesser dog'. 
... including newly discovered variable stars like YZ Canis Minoris. ... When all the 
hydrogen is used up, it will shrink to a white dwarf star,... [DOC] [TLE] White Dwarfs - Introduction - Imagine the Universe! - NASA [PAR] Stars that have a lot of mass may end their lives as black holes or neutron stars. 
... A typical white dwarf is about as massive as the Sun, yet only slightly bigger 
than ... The first white dwarf to be discovered was found because it is a 
companion... [DOC] [TLE] Download PDF - Springer [PAR] Major, the Larger Dog, to Puppis, the Stern, followed by Monoceros, the ... 1 
Sirius is roughly 1,600 times brighter than the faintest star visible with the ... One 
spoonful of the Pup's substance would weight 1.7 metric tons, the equivalent of a 
pickup truck. Sirius B was the first discovered and also the closest white dwarf to 
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Question: The Pup, the 1st white dwarf to be discovered, is the lesser component of this dog star
Answer: Sirius