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Revision as of 16:29, 26 January 2025

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CVn star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Hevelius (1687) in it's present shape but with predecessors in other cultures and atlases.

Etymology and History

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CVn depicted in Hevelius (1687).


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Canes Venatici as desctibed in Hevelius (1687).

Origin of Constellation

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

Weblinks

References