✨ Canes Venatici

CVn · hunting dogs · Northern sky

Canes Venatici is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin, meaning hunting dogs; stars within it are named in the genitive form Canum Venaticorum.

Facts about Canes Venatici

Constellation	Canes Venatici
IAU abbreviation	CVn
Genitive (Latin)	Canum Venaticorum
Meaning	hunting dogs
Brightest star	Cor Caroli (apparent magnitude 2.81)
Area	465 square degrees
Hemisphere	Northern
Messier objects here	5

Deep-sky objects in Canes Venatici

M3 (Globular cluster, mag 6.2)
M51 — Whirlpool Galaxy (Galaxy, mag 8.4)
M63 — Sunflower Galaxy (Galaxy, mag 8.6)
M94 — Crocodile Eye (Galaxy, mag 8.2)
M106 (Galaxy, mag 8.4)

Data: IAU-designated constellations & the Messier catalogue, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.