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Canes Venatici

60 stars in Canes Venatici can be seen by eye from a dark place. 4 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

60 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. Cor CaroliEasy to see, 110 light years
  2. CharaSeen away from bright lights, 28 light years
  3. 24 Canum VenaticorumSeen away from bright lights, 180 light years
  4. 20 Canum VenaticorumSeen away from bright lights, 260 light years
  5. HIP 67665Seen away from bright lights, 600 light years
  6. 5 Canum VenaticorumSeen away from bright lights, 390 light years
  7. 25 Canum VenaticorumSeen away from bright lights, 200 light years
  8. HIP 66257Seen away from bright lights, 150 light years
  9. HIP 64540Seen away from bright lights, 460 light years
  10. 6 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  11. 21 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  12. 14 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  13. 3 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  14. HIP 61309Just seen from a dark place, 290 light years
  15. La SuperbaJust seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  16. HIP 67250Just seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  17. 23 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 510 light years
  18. Cor Caroli BJust seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  19. HIP 67384Just seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  20. HIP 63916Just seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  21. 2 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 770 light years
  22. HIP 63024Just seen from a dark place, 700 light years
  23. 19 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  24. HIP 64927Just seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  25. HIP 62641Just seen from a dark place, 360 light years
  26. HIP 67194Just seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  27. HIP 65550Just seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  28. HIP 67605Just seen from a dark place, 680 light years
  29. 17 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  30. HIP 67782Just seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  31. HIP 67210Just seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  32. 10 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 57 light years
  33. HIP 66907Just seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  34. HIP 64212Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  35. HIP 64979Just seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  36. 4 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  37. HIP 65951Just seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  38. HIP 65376Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  39. HIP 63211Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  40. 7 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  41. HIP 66690Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  42. HIP 66725Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  43. HIP 61320Just seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  44. HIP 62972Just seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  45. 15 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  46. 11 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  47. HIP 68567Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  48. HIP 66892Just seen from a dark place, 910 light years
  49. HIP 68065Just seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  50. HIP 60305Just seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  51. HIP 62172Just seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  52. HIP 65230Just seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  53. 9 Canum VenaticorumJust seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  54. HIP 66223Just seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  55. HIP 61748Just seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  56. HIP 65754Just seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  57. HIP 67483Just seen from a dark place, 200 light years
  58. HIP 67778Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  59. HIP 65723Just seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  60. HIP 64530Just seen from a dark place, 1,700 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.