Constellations
Canes Venatici (CVn)
The Hunting Dogs
Also known as hunting dogs.
6 looks for Canes Venatici
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Canes Venatici
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Hunting Dogs
- IAU abbreviation
- CVn
- Its stars are named
- Canum Venaticorum (as in "Alpha Canum Venaticorum")
- Family
- Ursa Major family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in May
- Centre
- Right ascension 12h 45m, declination +39° 52′
- The figure
- 2 stars joined by 1 lines
- Brightest star
- Cor Caroli, magnitude 2.81
Star patterns in it: Great Diamond.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Cor Caroli (α2 CVn)mag 2.81
- Chara (β CVn)mag 4.26
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation