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    Canes Venatici (/ˈkeɪniːz vɪˈnætɪsaɪ/ KAY-neez vin-AT-iss-eye) is one of the 88 constellations designated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)...
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  • Canes Venatici I or CVn I is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy situated in the Canes Venatici constellation and discovered in 2006 in the data obtained by Sloan...
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  • (Canes I Group or Canes Venatici I Group) is a loose, extended group of galaxies located about 13 million light-years away in the constellations Canes...
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  • Canes Venatici Dwarf Galaxy may refer to one of two galaxies: Canes Venatici I Canes Venatici II This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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  • Canes Venatici II or CVn II is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy situated in the Canes Venatici constellation and discovered in 2006 in data obtained by the Sloan...
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  • This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Canes Venatici, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation ESA (1997). "The...
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    TON 618 (category Canes Venatici)
    and Lyman-alpha blob located near the border of the constellations Canes Venatici and Coma Berenices, with the projected comoving distance of approximately...
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    Whirlpool Galaxy (category Canes Venatici)
    with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. It is...
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    Camelopardalis, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Auriga, Boötes, and parts of Ursa Major, Canes Venatici, Leo Minor and Hercules. The Supreme Palace Enclosure covers the Greek...
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  • According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Canes Venatici is located in Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán) The name of the western...
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    Giant Void (category Canes Venatici)
    Canes Venatici Supervoid, and AR-Lp 36) is an extremely large region of space with an underdensity of galaxies and located in the constellation Canes...
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    Sometimes Arcturus is depicted as leading the hunting dogs of nearby Canes Venatici and driving the bears of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Several former constellations...
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  • Solar System. Vol. 1. Dover Publications. p. 359. Ridpath, Ian (1989). "Canes Venatici". Star Tales. James Clarke & Co. ISBN 0-7188-2695-7. Archived from the...
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    Messier 3 (category Canes Venatici)
    5272) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. It was discovered on May 3, 1764, and was the first Messier object...
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    Astrophysical X-ray sources are astronomical objects with physical properties which result in the emission of X-rays. Several types of astrophysical objects...
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  • The Canes II Group or Canes Venatici II Group (CVn II Group) is a group of galaxies about 26.1 million light-years away from Earth. The group resides in...
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    S. J.; Krzesinski, J. (2006). "A New Milky Way Dwarf Satellite in Canes Venatici". The Astrophysical Journal. 643 (2): L103. arXiv:astro-ph/0604354....
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  • appearance A prototype for multi-arm spiral galaxies Eye of Sauron Canes Venatici Due to its resemblance to the Eye of Sauron from The Lord of the Rings...
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  • Milky Way Satellites: The Detailed Properties of Leo V, Pisces II, and Canes Venatici II". The Astrophysical Journal. 756 (1): 79. arXiv:1111.6608. Bibcode:2012ApJ...
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    CWISE J1249+3621 (category Canes Venatici)
    hypervelocity star about 408 light-years distant in the constellation Canes Venatici. It has an L spectral type and is either a low-mass red dwarf or a high-mass...
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    with Ursa Major. Coma Berenices is bordered by Boötes to the east, Canes Venatici to the north, Leo to the west and Virgo to the south. Covering 386.5 square...
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  • Kane Canes Venatici, a constellation sometimes shortened to just "Canes" This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cane. If an...
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    11 clouds, given in decreasing order of number of luminous galaxies: Canes Venatici, Virgo Cluster, Virgo II (southern extension), Leo II, Virgo III, Crater...
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    Cor Caroli (category Canes Venatici)
    Venaticorum is the brightest point of light in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. α Canum Venaticorum, Latinised to Alpha Canum Venaticorum, is the system's...
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    constellations: Draco to the north and northeast, Boötes to the east, Canes Venatici to the east and southeast, Coma Berenices to the southeast, Leo and...
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    wikisource.org. "Star Tales – Cancer". www.ianridpath.com. Ridpath, Ian. "Canes Venatici". Star Tales. Retrieved 1 April 2018. "AMALTHEA (Amaltheia) - Goat Nurse...
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    Magellanic Bridge Dwarfs Antlia II Boötes I Boötes II Boötes III Canes Venatici I Canes Venatici II Canis Major Carina Coma Berenices Crater 2 Draco Eridanus...
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    16' 21h 33m 27.02s −00° 49′ 23.7″ M3 NGC 5272 – Globular cluster 33.9 Canes Venatici 6.2 18' 13h 42m 11.62s +28° 22′ 38.2″ M4 NGC 6121 Spider Globular Cluster...
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    Messier 63 (category Canes Venatici)
    Sunflower Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici with approximately 400 billion stars. M63 was first discovered by the...
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    NGC 4618 (category Canes Venatici)
    NGC 4618 is a distorted barred dwarf galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy is formally classified as a Sm galaxy, which means that its...
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