Canes Venatici facts for kids
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List of stars in Canes Venatici
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| Abbreviation | CVn |
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| Genitive | Canum Venaticorum |
| Pronunciation | Cánes Venátici, genitive |
| Symbolism | the Hunting Dogs |
| Right ascension | 13 |
| Declination | +40 |
| Quadrant | NQ3 |
| Area | 465 sq. deg. (38th) |
| Main stars | 2 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars |
21 |
| Stars with planets | 4 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 1 |
| Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly) | 2 |
| Brightest star | Cor Caroli (α CVn) (2.90m) |
| Messier objects | 5 |
| Meteor showers | Canes Venaticids |
| Bordering constellations |
Ursa Major Boötes Coma Berenices |
| Visible at latitudes between +90° and −40°. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of May. |
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Canes Venatici is a constellation in the northern sky. It means "the hunting dogs" in Latin. It was named and created by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. The astronomer named Ptolemy included it in Ursa Major when he made a list of 48 constellations in the 2nd century. Canes Venatici is not a very bright constellation.
Deep-sky objects
- Messier 3
- Messier 106
- Sunflower Galaxy
- Whirlpool Galaxy
Images for kids
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Canes Venatici as depicted in Hevelius's star atlas. Note that, per the conventions of the time, the image is mirrored.
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Canes Venatici can be seen in the orientation it appears to the eyes in this 1825 star chart from Urania's Mirror.
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Messier 51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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NGC 4248 is located about 24 million light-years away.
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NGC 4242 is a dim galaxy in Canes Venatici.
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NGC 4631 photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.
See also
In Spanish: Canes Venatici para niños
