Bellatrix is our Brown Newfoundland dog.
Bellatrix is also the 22nd brightest star in the night sky. A pale yellow star marking the left shoulder of Orion. Bellatrix, the "Female Warrior", or the Amazon Star; from the Arabic, Al Najid, "the Conqueror". Also called Yad al-Jauza', "Hand of Orion". The dog Nana in James M. Barrie's Peter Pan was a Newfoundland.
Sire: Apollo (EST CH; LT CH; RUS CH; LV JUNIOR CH) Dam: Lissa (EST CH)
Bellatrix passed away August 29, 2010 .
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