Constellation
The constellation Canes Venatici
CVn
Canes Venatici gathers 33 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Cor Caroli, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around April.
Canes Venatici in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 33
- Brightest star
- Cor Caroli
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- April
- With a proper name
- 4
- Nearest star
- Chara
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.89
Declination from 29° to 52°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
28 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Canes Venatici
The 33 stars of Canes Venatici catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Cor CaroliAlpha 2 Canum Venaticorum2.89
- CharaBeta Canum Venaticorum4.24
- 24 Canum Venaticorum4.68
- 20 Canum Venaticorum4.72
- 5 Canum Venaticorum4.76
- HIP 676654.76
- 25 Canum Venaticorum4.82
- HIP 662574.91
- HIP 645404.94
- 6 Canum Venaticorum5.01
- 21 Canum Venaticorum5.14
- 14 Canum Venaticorum5.20
- 3 Canum Venaticorum5.28
- HIP 613095.42
- La Superba5.42
- HIP 672505.51
- 23 Canum Venaticorum5.60
- Cor Caroli BAlpha 1 Canum Venaticorum5.61
- HIP 673845.61
- HIP 639165.64
- 2 Canum Venaticorum5.69
- HIP 630245.75
- 19 Canum Venaticorum5.77
- HIP 649275.81
- HIP 626415.87
- HIP 655505.88
- HIP 671945.88
- HIP 676055.89
- 17 Canum Venaticorum5.91
- HIP 677825.91
- HIP 672105.92
- 10 Canum Venaticorum5.95
- HIP 669075.98
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.