Canes Venatici CVn
Canes Venatici is one of the 88 constellations, covering 466 square degrees of the sky (38th largest). It is highest at midnight in April and best in the evening sky in May and June.
11 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | CVn |
|---|---|
| Size | 466 square degrees (38th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 13h 09m, +40° |
| Highest at midnight | April (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: May and June) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 70° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 80°. |
| Pages here | 11 objects |
Galaxies
8Star clusters
1Black holes, pulsars and other extreme objects
1Stars
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M3 · NGC 5272 | Globular star cluster | 6.4 | 16.2′ |
| M94 · NGC 4736 | Galaxy | 8.2 | 7.7′ |
| M51 · NGC 5194 (Whirlpool Galaxy) | Galaxy | 8.4 | 13.7′ |
| M63 · NGC 5055 (Sunflower Galaxy) | Galaxy | 8.6 | 11.8′ |
| NGC 4631 (Whale Galaxy) | Galaxy | 9.2 | 14.5′ |
| M106 · NGC 4258 | Galaxy | 9.3 | 17′ |
| NGC 5195 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.6 | 5.5′ |
| NGC 4449 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.6 | 4.7′ |
| NGC 4490 (Cocoon Galaxy) | Galaxy | 9.7 | 6.7′ |
| NGC 4214 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.8 | 6.8′ |
| NGC 4244 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.2 | 16.2′ |
| NGC 4395 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.3 | 4.2′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits