Canes Venatici

E572606

constellation

Canes Venatici is a small northern constellation representing a pair of hunting dogs, known for containing several prominent deep-sky objects such as galaxies and star clusters.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Canis Venatici	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constellation ⓘ
abbreviation	CVn NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees	465 ⓘ
associatedMythology	hunting dogs of Boötes ⓘ
associatedWithAstronomer	Johannes Hevelius NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo	IAU 88 modern constellations NERFINISHED ⓘ
bestVisibleMonth	May ⓘ
borderedBy	Boötes NERFINISHED ⓘ Canes Venatici NERFINISHED ⓘ Coma Berenices NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ursa Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
brightestStar	Cor Caroli NERFINISHED ⓘ
brightestStarApparentMagnitude	2.9 ⓘ
containsMessierObject	M106 NERFINISHED ⓘ M3 NERFINISHED ⓘ M51 NERFINISHED ⓘ M63 NERFINISHED ⓘ M94 NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsNotableDeepSkyObject	Cat’s Eye Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Hockey Stick Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunflower Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Whale Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Whirlpool Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ globularCluster M3 ⓘ spiralGalaxy M106 ⓘ spiralGalaxy M51 NERFINISHED ⓘ spiralGalaxy M63 ⓘ spiralGalaxy M94 ⓘ
declinationRange	+40° ⓘ
family	Ursa Major family ⓘ
genitive	Canum Venaticorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBrightStar	Chara NERFINISHED ⓘ Cor Caroli NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMeteorShower	Canes Venaticids NERFINISHED ⓘ
hemisphere	northern ⓘ
IAUConstellationCode	CVn NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedBy	Johannes Hevelius NERFINISHED ⓘ
introductionYear	1687 ⓘ
locatedNear	Coma Berenices NERFINISHED ⓘ Ursa Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
meaningOfName	hunting dogs ⓘ
name	Canes Venatici NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfBayerFlamsteedStars	23 ⓘ
numberOfMainStars	2 ⓘ
rankByArea	38 ⓘ
rightAscensionRange	12h ⓘ
symbolism	pair of hunting dogs ⓘ
visibleAtLatitudesBetween	+90 ⓘ -40 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ursa Major family → hasMember → Canes Venatici ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canis Venatici