Canes Venatici

The Hunting Dogs
(CVn)


  
Canes Venatici image mapComa BerenicisUrsa MajorBootes


Brightest stars:

         ______epoch 2000.0______

 

         R Ascension   Declination m    Spectrum parallax common name

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Alpha 2 12h 56m  1.7s  38° 19' 6" 2.90v  A0III     0.027"  Cor Caroli

Beta   12h 33m 44.5s  41° 21' 27" 4.26   G0V       0.117"  Chara

24     13h 34m 27.3s  49° 0' 58" 4.70   A5V       0.034" 

20     13h 17m 32.5s  40° 34' 21" 4.73v  F3III     0.019"  (AO CVn)

 



Deep sky objects:

M 51

M 63

M 94

M 106

                 ___epoch 2000.0___     m 

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NGC4244          12h 17.5m   37° 49'   10.5    galaxy         

NGC4258  M106    12h 18.9m   47° 19'   9.5    galaxy         

NGC4736  M 94    12h 50.9m   41° 8'   9.5    galaxy         

NGC5055  M 63    13h 15.8m   42° 2'   10.0    galaxy         

NGC5194  M 51    13h 30.0m   47° 11'   10.0    The Whirlpool Galaxy

      

 





Neighbours: 
Boötes -Ursa Major - Coma Berenices

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