Canes Venatici Facts

Abbreviation: CVn

Genitive: Canum Venaticorum (KAY-num veh-NAT-ih-KOH-rum)

Right Ascension: 13 hours

Declination: 40 degrees

Visible between latitudes 90 and -40 degrees

Best seen in May (at 9:00 PM)

Canes Venatici, the greyhounds are visible in the Northern Hemisphere in spring and summer.

This minor constellations was invented by Johannes Hevelius in 1687.

( KAY-neez veh-NAT-ih-sigh )

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