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Canes Venatici
(Hunting Dogs, CVn)
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Canes Venaticinamed by Johannes Hevelius in 16872001-09-27 09:33:45.0
is a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:33:45.0
has historical image has URL: http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/pubserv/hos/stars/images/hev4full.jpg, 2001-09-27 09:33:45.0
has genitive Canum Venaticorum2001-09-27 09:33:45.0
has boundary has URL: http://www.seds.org/Maps/Pics/canesvenatici.gif, 2001-09-27 09:33:45.0
has synonym Hunting Dogs2001-09-27 09:33:45.0
has historical origin the hunting dogs held on a leash by Boötes as he hunts for the bears Ursa Major and Ursa Minor2001-09-27 09:33:45.0
has acronym CVn2001-09-27 09:33:45.0
is an instance of constellationhas URL: http://www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/canesvenatici.html, 2001-09-27 09:33:45.0
constellationis a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:33:35.0
has component asterism2001-09-27 09:33:35.0
has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions2001-09-27 09:33:35.0
equatorial sky areais defined using equatorial coordinates2001-09-27 09:33:34.0
quantityhas unit2001-09-27 09:33:12.0
numberhas value2001-09-27 09:32:57.0