Editing Canes Venatici

{{short description|Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere}}
{{Infobox constellation
| name = Canes Venatici
| abbreviation = CVn
| genitive = Canum Venaticorum 
| pronounce = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|n|iː|z|_|v|ᵻ|ˈ|n|æ|t|ᵻ|s|aɪ}} {{respell|KAY|neez|_|vin|AT|iss|eye}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/3237-constellation-pronunciation-guide.html|title=Constellation Pronunciation Guide|website=Space.com|date=13 December 2006|access-date=2020-10-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004043354/https://www.space.com/3237-constellation-pronunciation-guide.html|archive-date=2020-10-04}}</ref> genitive {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|n|əm|_|v|ᵻ|n|æ|t|ᵻ|ˈ|k|ɔr|əm}} {{respell|KAY|nəm|_|vin|AT|ih|KOR|əm}}
| symbolism = the Hunting Dogs
| RA = {{RA|12|06.2}} to {{RA|14|07.3}}
| dec= +27.84° to +52.36°<ref name=boundary/>
| areatotal = 465
| arearank = 38th
| numbermainstars = 2
| numberbfstars = 22
| numberstarsplanets = 4
| numberbrightstars = 1
| numbernearbystars = 2
| brighteststarname = [[Cor Caroli]] (Asterion) (α&nbsp;CVn)
| starmagnitude = 2.90
| neareststarname = [[DG Canum Venaticorum]]
| stardistancely = 25.89
| stardistancepc = 7.94
| numbermessierobjects = 5
| meteorshowers = [[Canes Venaticids]]
| bordering = {{Unbulleted list|[[Ursa Major]]|[[Boötes]]|[[Coma Berenices]]}}
| latmax = [[North Pole|90]]
| latmin = [[40th parallel south|40]]
| month = May
| notes=
}}
'''Canes Venatici''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|n|iː|z|_|v|ᵻ|ˈ|n|æ|t|ᵻ|s|aɪ}} {{respell|KAY|neez|_|vin|AT|iss|eye}}) is one of the [[IAU designated constellations|88 constellations]] designated by the [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU). It is a small northern constellation that was created by [[Johannes Hevelius]] in the 17th century. Its name is [[Latin]] for '[[hunting dog]]s', and the constellation is often depicted in illustrations as representing the dogs of [[Boötes]] the Herdsman, a neighboring constellation.

[[Cor Caroli]] is the constellation's brightest star, with an apparent magnitude of 2.9. [[La Superba]] (Y&nbsp;CVn) is one of the reddest [[naked-eye]] stars and one of the brightest [[carbon star]]s. The [[Whirlpool Galaxy]] is a [[spiral galaxy]] tilted face-on to observers on Earth, and was the first galaxy whose spiral nature was discerned. In addition, quasar [[TON 618]] is one of the [[List of most massive black holes|most massive black holes]] with the mass of 66 billion [[solar mass]]es.

==History==
[[Image:Canes Venatici - Prodromus astronomiae 1690 (5590250).jpg|right|200px|thumb|Canes Venatici as depicted in [[Hevelius]]'s star atlas. Note that, per the conventions of the time, the image is mirrored.]]
[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Bootes, Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices, and Quadrans Muralis.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Canes Venatici can be seen in the orientation it appears to the eyes in this 1825 star chart from ''[[Urania's Mirror]]''.]]
The stars of Canes Venatici are not bright. In classical times, they were listed by [[Ptolemy]] as unfigured stars below the constellation [[Ursa Major]] in his [[star catalogue]].

In [[medieval times]], the identification of these stars with the dogs of Boötes arose through a mistranslation: some of Boötes's stars were traditionally described as representing the [[Club (weapon)|club]] ({{langx|el|κολλοροβος}}, {{lang|el-Latn|kollorobos}}) of Boötes. When the Greek astronomer Ptolemy's ''[[Almagest]]'' was translated from Greek to [[Arabic]], the translator [[Hunayn ibn Ishaq]] did not know the Greek word and rendered it as a similar-sounding compound Arabic word for a kind of weapon, writing {{lang|ar|العصا ذات الكُلاب|rtl=yes}} {{lang|ar-Latn|al-'aşā dhāt al-kullāb}}, which means 'the staff having a hook'.

When the Arabic text was later translated into Latin, the translator, [[Gerard of Cremona]], mistook {{lang|ar|كُلاب|rtl=yes}} {{lang|ar-Latn|kullāb}} ('hook') for {{lang|ar|كِلاب|rtl=yes}} {{lang|ar-Latn|kilāb}} ('dogs'). Both written words look the same in Arabic text without [[Arabic diacritics|diacritics]], leading Gerard to write it as {{lang|la|Hastile habens canes}} ('spearshaft-having dogs').<ref>{{Harvnb|Allen|1963|p=105}}; {{Harvnb|Kunitzsch|1959|pp=123–124}}; {{Harvnb|Kunitzsch|1974|pp=227–228}}; {{Harvnb|Kunitzsch|1990|pp=48–49}}</ref>
In 1533, the German astronomer [[Peter Apian]] depicted Boötes as having two dogs with him.<ref>{{Harvnb|Apianus|1533}}; {{Harvnb|Allen|1963|p=157}}</ref>

These spurious dogs floated about the astronomical literature until Hevelius decided to make them a separate constellation in 1687.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ridpath|first=Ian|title=Canes Venatici|website=Star Tales|url=http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/canesvenatici.html}}; {{Harvnb|Ridpath|Tirion|2017|pp=98–99}}</ref> Hevelius chose the name ''Asterion''{{efn|Hevelius' name for the northern dog, Asterion, is from the Greek {{lang|el|αστέριον}}, meaning the 'little star',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kunitzsch|first1=P.|last2=Smart|first2=T.|year=2006|title=A Dictionary of Modern Star Names: A short guide to 254 star names and their derivations|edition=2nd revised|page=22|publisher=Sky Publishing|isbn=1-931559-44-9}}</ref> the [[diminutive]] of {{lang|el|αστηρ}} 'the star' or 'starry'. ({{Harvnb|Allen|1963|p=115}})}} for the northern dog and ''Chara''{{efn|Hevelius' name for the southern dog, Chara, is from the Greek {{lang|el|χαρά}}, meaning 'joy'.({{Harvnb|Allen|1963|p=115}})}} for the southern dog, as {{lang|la|Canes Venatici}}, 'the hunting dogs', in his [[star atlas]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Ridpath|Tirion|2017|pp=98–99}}; {{Harvnb|Hevelius|1690}}</ref>

In his star catalogue, the Czech astronomer [[Antonín Bečvář]] assigned the names ''Asterion'' to β&nbsp;CVn and ''Chara'' to α&nbsp;CVn.<ref>{{Harvnb|Bečvář|1951}}</ref>

Although the [[International Astronomical Union]] dropped [[Former constellation|several constellations]] in 1930 that were medieval and [[Renaissance]] innovations, Canes Venatici survived to become one of the 88 [[IAU designated constellations]].<ref name=Delporte1930>{{cite book|first=Eugène|last=Delporte|year=1930|title=Délimitation scientifique des constellations|publisher=International Astronomical Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3XvAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>

== Neighbors and borders ==
Canes Venatici is bordered by [[Ursa Major]] to the north and west, [[Coma Berenices]] to the south, and [[Boötes]] to the east. The three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1922, is "CVn".<ref>{{cite web|last=Ridpath|first=Ian|title=The IAU list of the 88 constellations and their abbreviations|url= http://www.ianridpath.com/iaulist1.html}}</ref> <!--<ref name="pa30_469">{{cite journal|last=Russell|first=Henry Norris|title=The New International Symbols for the Constellations|journal=Popular Astronomy|volume=30|pages=469–471|bibcode=1922PA.....30..469R|year=1922}}</ref>--> The official constellation boundaries, as set by Belgian astronomer [[Eugène Joseph Delporte|Eugène Delporte]] in 1930,<ref name=Delporte1930/> are defined by a polygon of 14 sides.

In the [[equatorial coordinate system]], the [[right ascension]] coordinates of these borders lie between {{RA|12|06.2}} and {{RA|14|07.3}}, while the [[declination]] coordinates are between +27.84° and +52.36°.<ref name=boundary>{{cite report|title=Canes Venatici, constellation boundary|series=The Constellations|publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]]|url=http://www.iau.org/public/constellations/#cvn|access-date=15 February 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216012503/https://www.iau.org/public/themes/constellations/|archive-date=2014-02-16}}</ref> Covering 465 square degrees, it ranks 38th of the 88 constellations in size.

== Prominent stars and deep-sky objects ==
[[Image:CanesVenaticiCC.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The constellation Canes Venatici as it is seen by the naked eye in twilight]]

===Stars===
{{See also|List of stars in Canes Venatici}}

Canes Venatici contains no very bright stars. The [[Bayer designation]] stars, [[Alpha Canum Venaticorum|Alpha]] and [[Beta Canum Venaticorum]] are only of third and fourth [[Magnitude (astronomy)|magnitude]] respectively. [[Flamsteed]] [[Flamsteed designation|catalogued]] 25 stars in the constellation, labelling them 1 to 25 Canum Venaticorum (CVn);  however, 1{{nbsp}}CVn turned out to be in Ursa Major, 13{{nbsp}}CVn was in Coma Berenices, and 22{{nbsp}}CVn did not exist.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wagman|first=Morton|date=October 2003|title=Lost Stars: Lost, missing and troublesome stars from the catalogues of Johannes Bayer, Nicholas Louis de Lacaille, John Flamsteed, and sundry others|page=366|publisher=McDonald and Woodward|place=Blacksburg, VA|isbn=978-0-939923-78-6}}</ref>
* [[Alpha Canum Venaticorum]], also known as {{lang|la|Cor Caroli}} ('heart of Charles'), is the constellation's brightest star, named by Sir [[Charles Scarborough]] in memory of [[Charles I of England|King Charles&nbsp;I]], the executed king of Britain.<ref name=Ridpath2017/>{{efn|According to Warner,<ref>{{cite book|first=Deborah J.|last=Warner|title=The Sky Explored: Celestial cartography 1500–1800|publisher=Alan R. Liss, New York, 1979, p.150}}</ref> it was originally named {{lang|la|Cor Caroli Regis Martyris}} ('The Heart of King Charles the Martyr') for [[Charles I of England|Charles&nbsp;I]]. Warner also notes that suggestions that the name was invented by Edmond Halley are erroneous.}} The English astronomer [[William Henry Smyth]] wrote in 1844 that α&nbsp;CVn was brighter than usual during the [[Restoration (England)|Restoration]], as [[Charles II of England|Charles&nbsp;II]] returned to England to take the throne, but gave no source for this statement, which seems to be apocryphal.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ridpath|first=Ian|title=Canes Venatici|website=Star Tales|url=http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/canesvenatici.html#corcaroli}}</ref> Cor Caroli is a wide [[double star]], with a primary of magnitude 2.9 and a secondary of magnitude 5.6; the primary is 110 light-years from Earth. The primary also has an unusually strong variable magnetic field.<ref name=Ridpath2017>{{Harvnb|Ridpath|Tirion|2017|pp=98–99}}</ref>
* [[Beta Canum Venaticorum]], or Chara, is a yellow-hued [[main sequence star]] of magnitude 4.25,<ref name=apj694_2_1085 /> 27 light-years from Earth. Its common name comes from the word for joy.<ref name=Ridpath2017/> It has been listed as an astrobiologically interesting star because of its proximity and similarity to the Sun.<ref name=ab6_2_308>{{cite journal | last1=de Mello | first1=G. P.| last2=del Peloso | first2=E. F. | last3=Ghezzi | first3=L. | title=Astrobiologically Interesting Stars Within 10 Parsecs of the Sun | journal=Astrobiology | date=2006 | volume=6 | issue=2 | pages=308–331 | doi=10.1089/ast.2006.6.308| arxiv=astro-ph/0511180 | pmid=16689649 | bibcode=2006AsBio...6..308P| s2cid=119459291}}</ref><ref name=physorg20060219>{{cite news | title=Stars searched for extraterrestrials | publisher= [[PhysOrg.com]] | date=2006-02-19 | url=http://www.physorg.com/news10993.html | access-date=2008-05-04 }}</ref> However, no exoplanets have been discovered around it so far.<ref name=apj694_2_1085>{{cite journal | last1=van Belle | first1=Gerard T. | last2=von Braun | first2=Kaspar | title=Directly Determined Linear Radii and Effective Temperatures of Exoplanet Host Stars | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=694 | issue=2 | pages=1085–1098 |date=April 2009 | doi=10.1088/0004-637X/694/2/1085 | bibcode=2009ApJ...694.1085V |arxiv = 0901.1206 | s2cid=18370219 }}</ref>
* [[Y Canum Venaticorum]] ([[La Superba]]) is a [[semiregular variable star]] that varies between magnitudes 5.0 and 6.5 over a period of around 158 days. It is a [[carbon star]] and is deep red in color,<ref name=Ridpath2017/> with a spectral type of C5<sub>4</sub>J(N3).<ref name=shenavrin>{{cite journal|bibcode=2011ARep...55...31S|title=Search for and study of hot circumstellar dust envelopes|journal=Astronomy Reports|volume=55|pages=31–81|last1=Shenavrin|first1=V. I.|last2=Taranova|first2=O. G.|last3=Nadzhip|first3=A. E.|s2cid=122700080|year=2011|issue=1|doi=10.1134/S1063772911010070}}</ref>
* [[AM Canum Venaticorum]], a very blue star of magnitude 14, is the prototype of a special class of [[cataclysmic variable star]]s, in which the companion star is a [[white dwarf]], rather than a main sequence star. It is 143 parsecs distant from the Sun.<ref>{{cite journal|bibcode=2008NewA...13..133A|title=Spatial distribution and galactic model parameters of cataclysmic variables|journal=New Astronomy|volume=13|issue=3|pages=133–143|last1=Ak|first1=T.|last2=Bilir|first2=S.|last3=Ak|first3=S.|last4=Eker|first4=Z.|year=2008|doi=10.1016/j.newast.2007.08.003|arxiv=0708.1053|s2cid=17804687}}</ref>
* [[RS Canum Venaticorum variable|RS Canum Venaticorum]] is the prototype of a [[RS Canum Venaticorum variable|special class of binary stars]]<ref>{{cite simbad|title=V* RS&nbsp;CVn|access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> of [[chromosphere|chromospherically]] active and optically [[variable star|variable]] components.
* [[R Canum Venaticorum]] is a [[Mira variable]] that ranges between magnitudes 6.5 and 12.9 over a period of approximately 329 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=5018 |title=R Canum Venaticorum|author=VSX|date=4 January 2010|work=AAVSO Website|publisher=[[American Association of Variable Star Observers]]|accessdate=26 June 2014}}</ref>

===Supervoid===
The [[Giant Void]], an extremely large [[void (astronomy)|void]] (part of the universe containing very few galaxies), is within the vicinity of this constellation. It is regarded to be the [[List of largest cosmic structures#List of largest-known voids|second largest void]] ever discovered, slightly larger than the [[CMB cold spot|Eridanus Supervoid]] and smaller than the proposed [[KBC Void]] and 1,200 times the volume of expected typical voids. It was discovered in 1988 in a deep-sky survey. Its centre is approximately 1.5 billion light-years away.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kopylov|first1=A. I.|last2=Kopylova|first2=F. G.|date=February 2002|title=Search for streaming motion of galaxy clusters around the Giant Void|url=https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2002/05/aa1614.pdf|url-status=live|journal=[[Astronomy & Astrophysics]]|volume=382|issue=2|pages=389–396|bibcode=2002A&A...382..389K|doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20011500|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718223712/https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2002/05/aa1614.pdf|archive-date=2018-07-18|doi-access=free}}</ref>

===Deep-sky objects===
Canes Venatici contains five [[Messier object]]s, including four [[galaxies]]. One of the more significant galaxies in Canes Venatici is the [[Whirlpool Galaxy]] (M51, NGC&nbsp;5194) and [[NGC 5195]], a small barred [[spiral galaxy]] that is seen face-on. This was the first galaxy recognised as having a spiral structure, this structure being first observed by [[Lord Rosse]] in 1845.<ref name=Ridpath2017/> It is a face-on spiral galaxy 37&nbsp;million light-years from Earth. Widely considered to be one of the most beautiful galaxies visible, [[Messier 51|M51]] has many [[star-forming region]]s and [[nebula]]e in its arms, coloring them pink and blue in contrast to the older yellow core. M&nbsp;51 has a smaller companion, NGC&nbsp;5195, that has very few star-forming regions and thus appears yellow. It is passing behind M&nbsp;51 and may be the cause of the larger galaxy's prodigious star formation.<ref name=WilkinsDunn2006/>

<gallery>
Messier51 sRGB.jpg| [[Messier 51]], the Whirlpool Galaxy, photographed by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].
A cosmic atlas NGC 4248.jpg| [[NGC 4248]] is located about 24&nbsp;million light-years away.<ref>{{cite web|title=A cosmic atlas|url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1730a/|website=Hubble Space Telescope|publisher=[[European Space Agency]]|access-date=24 July 2017|date=24 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731061118/https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1730a/|archive-date=2017-07-31}}</ref>
Dim and diffuse.jpg| [[NGC 4242]] is a dim galaxy in Canes Venatici.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dim and diffuse|url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1729a/|website=Hubble Space Telescope|publisher=[[European Space Agency]]|access-date=17 July 2017|date=17 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719140840/https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1729a/|archive-date=2017-07-19}}</ref>
NGC 4631 HST.jpg| [[NGC 4631]] photographed by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].
NGC 4707 - HST - Potw1651a.tif| [[NGC 4707]] is a spiral galaxy roughly 22&nbsp;million light-years from Earth.<ref>{{cite web|title=Astro-pointillism|url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1651a/|website=Hubble Space Telescope|publisher=[[European Space Agency]]|access-date=19 December 2016|date=19 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220175659/https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1651a/|archive-date=2016-12-20}}</ref>
</gallery>

Other notable spiral galaxies in Canes Venatici are the [[Sunflower Galaxy]] (M63, NGC&nbsp;5055), [[Messier 94|M94]] (NGC&nbsp;4736), and [[Messier 106|M106]] (NGC&nbsp;4258).
* [[Messier 63|M63]], the Sunflower Galaxy, was named for its appearance in large amateur telescopes. It is a spiral galaxy with an integrated magnitude of 9.0.
* [[Messier 94|M94]] (NGC&nbsp;4736) is a small face-on spiral galaxy with approximate magnitude 8.0, about 15&nbsp;million light-years from Earth.<ref name=Ridpath2017/>
* [[NGC 4631]] is a barred spiral galaxy, which is one of the largest and brightest edge-on galaxies in the sky.<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Meara|first=Stephen James|title=The Caldwell Objects|publisher=Sky Publishing Corporation|isbn=0-933346-97-2|page=126|date=January 2002}}</ref>
* [[Messier 3|M3]] (NGC&nbsp;5272) is a [[globular cluster]] 32,000 light-years from Earth. It is 18′ in diameter, and at magnitude 6.3 is bright enough to be seen with [[binoculars]]. It can even be seen with the naked eye under particularly dark skies.<ref name=Ridpath2017/>
* [[Messier 94|M94]], also cataloged as NGC&nbsp;4736, is a face-on spiral galaxy 15&nbsp;million light-years from Earth. It has very tight spiral arms and a bright core. The outskirts of the galaxy are incredibly luminous in the [[ultraviolet]] because of a ring of new stars surrounding the core 7,000 light-years in diameter. Though astronomers are not sure what has caused this ring of new stars, some hypothesize that it is from shock waves caused by a [[barred spiral galaxy|bar]] that is thus far invisible.<ref name=WilkinsDunn2006>{{cite book|last1=Wilkins|first1=Jamie|last2=Dunn|first2=Robert|date=August 2006|title=300 Astronomical Objects: A visual reference to the universe|publisher=Firefly Books|isbn=9781554071753}}</ref>

[[Ton 618]] is a hyperluminous [[quasar]] and [[blazar]] in this constellation, near its border with the neighboring [[Coma Berenices]]. It possesses a black hole with a mass 66 billion times that of the Sun, making it one of the [[List of most massive black holes|most massive black holes]] ever measured.<ref name="shem">{{cite journal|last1=Shemmer|first1=O.|last2=Netzer|first2=H.|last3=Maiolino|first3=R.|last4=Oliva|first4=E.|last5=Croom|first5=S.|last6=Corbett|first6=E.|last7=di Fabrizio|first7=L.|title=Near-infrared spectroscopy of high-redshift active galactic nuclei: I. A metallicity-accretion rate relationship|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|date=2004|volume=614|issue=2|pages=547–557|arxiv=astro-ph/0406559|bibcode=2004ApJ...614..547S|doi=10.1086/423607|s2cid=119010341}}</ref> There is also a [[Lyman-alpha blob]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Li |first1= Jianrui|last2= Emonts |first2= B.H.C.|last3= Cai |first3= Z.|last4= Prochaska |first4= J.X.|last5= Yoon | first5= I.|last6= Lehnert |first6= M.D.|last7= Zhang |first7= S. |last8= Wu |first8= Y. |last9= Li |first9= Jianan |last10= Li |first10= Mingyu |last11= Lacy |first11= M. |last12= Villar-Martín |first12= M. |date= 25 November 2021|title= Massive Molecular Outflow and 100 kpc Extended Cold Halo Gas in the Enormous Lyα Nebula of QSO 1228+3128 |journal= The Astrophysical Journal Letters|volume= 922|issue= 2 |pages= L29|doi= 	10.3847/2041-8213/ac390d|arxiv= 2111.06409|bibcode= 2021ApJ...922L..29L|s2cid= 244102865|doi-access= free}}</ref>

== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.allthesky.com/constellations/canesvenatici/ Photos of Canes Venatici and the star clusters and galaxies found within it on AllTheSky.com]
* [http://astrojan.nhely.hu/canesv.htm Clickable map of Canes Venatici]
* [http://daveweb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sloan-canes-venetici-book.pdf Photographic catalogue of deep sky objects in Canes Venatici (PDF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807203812/http://daveweb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sloan-canes-venetici-book.pdf |date=2021-08-07 }}

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