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While the #DogDays are technically over, that won't stop us from sharing this very good dog today!

The phrase "dog days" comes from this astronomical puppy Canicula, also known as Sirius. These lazy, hazy days of summer coincide with the rising of the Sirius star system alongside the sun.

Canicula, Orion's dog, is said to be chasing Lepus, the hare, across the night sky. That makes us think that perhaps we would rename Lepus Bunnicula.

Canicula from: John Seller, Atlas Coelestis (London, 1677).

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