Canes Venatici

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Abbreviation:  CVn (Canes Venatici)
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.
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  • Chara is one of the brightest carbon stars in the sky.

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Messier Objects in Canes Venatici

  • Messier 3
    Globular Cluster; it’s easy to find with binoculars or small telescopes.
  • Messier 51
    The Whirlpool Galaxy; seen almost face-on, one of the most famous galaxies in the sky.
  • Messier 63
    The Sunflower Galaxy; one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible in the north sky.
  • Messier 94
    The galaxy is surrounded by a faint halo.
  • Messier 106
    This galaxy resembles M31 Andromeda Galaxy, but it is ten times as far away.

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    Other objects in Canes Venatici

    Select CatalogNo 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

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    Features of Interest

    • NGC 4244 – Large edge-on spiral, found eight degrees west of Cor Caroli.
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    • 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.
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    • 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

    AndromedaAquariusAquilaAriesAuriga
    BoötesCamelopardalisCancerCanes VenaticiCanis Major
    Canis MinorCapricornusCassiopeiaCepheusCetus
    Coma BerenicesCorona BorealisCorvusCraterCygnus
    DelphinusDracoEquuleusGeminiHercules
    HydraLacertaLeoLeo MinorLepus
    LibraLynxLyraMonocerosOphiuchus
    OrionPegasusPerseusPiscesSagitta
    ScutumSerpens CaputSerpens CaudaSextansTaurus
    TriangulumUrsa MajorUrsa MinorVirgoVulpecula
    (50 constellations above are visible from the United Kingdom.)

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    Parts visible from the UK

    AntliaColumbaEridanusFornaxMicroscopium
    Piscis AustrinusPuppisPyxisSagittariusScorpius
    Sculptor
    (11 constellations above are partially visible from the United Kingdom.)

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    Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
    …..– never seen from the UK

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