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| Abbreviation: CVn |
| English Name: The Hunting Dogs |
| Genitive: Cor Caroli |
| Hemisphere: Northern Hemisphere |
| Location: Between the constellations of Puppis and Lepus. |
| Visible between latitudes: +90 and -40 degrees |
| Best season: Spring |
| Seen in three seasons: Winter, Spring and Summer |
| Best seen in: Early May (map) |
| Seen between: Circumpolar (This constellation of Camelopardalis stays in the Sky all the year.) |
| Right Ascension (RA): 13 hour |
| Declination (DEC): +40 degrees |
| Area (square degrees): 465 (38th) |
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Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs)
- Canes Venatici rides the sky south of Ursa Major’s Big Dipper.
o - Chara is one of the brightest carbon stars in the sky.
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Messier Objects in Canes Venatici
| M3 – Globular Cluster; it’s easy to find with binoculars or small telescopes. |
| M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy; seen almost face-on, one of the most famous galaxies in the sky. |
| M63 – The Sunflower Galaxy; one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible in the north sky. |
| M94 – The galaxy is surrounded by a faint halo. |
| M106 – This galaxy resembles M31 Andromeda Galaxy, but it is ten times as far away. |
Other objects in Canes Venatici
| Select Catalog | No of Objects |
| Barnard (B) | 0x object |
| Caldwell (C) | 4x objects |
| Collinder (Cr) | 0x object |
| New General Catalogue (NGC) | 209x objects |
| Index Catalogue (IC) | 278x objects |
| Sharpless (Sh2) | 0x object |
Features of Interest
- NGC 4244 – Large edge-on spiral, found eight degrees west of Cor Caroli.
o - NGC 4485 and NGC 4490 – Two splendid galaxies in the same field: NGC4485 is more compact (this one is sometimes called the Cocoon Galaxy), while NGC4490 is larger and brighter. Located less than one degree northwest of beta CVn.
o - NGC 4631 – Very large and bright, seen edge-on. Found in a rather barren field, six degrees south of Cor Caroli and two degrees west. In the same field are two more galaxies, NGC 4656 and NGC4657, just southwest of NGC4631.
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Named Stars
- Cor Caroli (Alpha 2 CVn)
- Chara (Beta CVn)
more list of stars in Canes Venatici
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Planetarium / Constellation Map
| Live constellation visible from the UK :- Planetarium (Canes Venatici) | Best Seen in: early May (map) | Seen between: Circumpolar |
IAU Sky Chart: Canes Venatici
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Constellations – Visible from the UK
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Parts visible from the UK
| Antlia | Columba | Eridanus | Fornax | Microscopium | ||
| Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Sagittarius | Scorpius | ||
| Sculptor |
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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK
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