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Canes Venatici (hunting dogs)Location: Northern HemisphereCoordinates: Right Ascension: 13h Declination: +40º Source: Created by astronomer Johannes Hevelius around 1687  The story behind the name: Hevelius was an observational astronomer who cataloged stars, and created some new constellations in parts of the sky where none had been marked out by earlier civilizations. The constellation of Canes Venatici, consisting mainly of two bright stars, is supposed to represent the two hunting dogs of Boötes held on a leash. Hevelius even named them, Asterion and Chara. The constellation, found in the sky between Boötes and Ursa Major and Minor, forms a link between Boötes, in his role as bear-driver, and the bears he is chasing, represented by the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
Introduction to Constellations | Constellation Sources | Constellations Index Objects observed by Chandra in Canes Venatici
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Revised: August 30, 2006
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