Canes Venatici

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann

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star chart

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

CVn depicted in Hevelius (1687).

Canes Venatici as desctibed in Hevelius (1687).

Origin of Constellation

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  Canes Venatici in Bode (1782, 1805): The constellation has boundary line and the southern one of the dogs has the "Heart of Charles II" on the leash (sic! must be Charles I).

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  CVn in Hevelius (1687)
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  Canes Venatici in Flamsteed (1729)
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  CVn in Bode (1782,1805) with the "Heart of Charles II"

References

• References (general)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)