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| Date & Time: | Jan 7 2000, 27:02 JST(+0900), 20min. Exp. |
| Optical: | MD Rokkor f=50mm F1.4, Aperture: F3.5, with Cokin Diffuser-1 filter |
| Auto-guided with Kenko SKYMEMO Equatorial | |
| Camera: | MINOLTA XD |
| Film: | Ektachrome E200 (+1EV pushed) |
| Location: | Ooizumi vil., Yamanashi pref. |
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Canes Venatici, the hound dogs, is very unnoticeable and minor constellation positioned at south of the handle of the Big Dipper.
The constellation is formed only two stars of alpha and beta CVn, was introduced by J. Hevelius in 1690.
It represents the two dogs of Asterion and Chara, held on a leash by Bootes as they chase the Big Bear (Ursa Major) around the North Pole. Alpha Canum Venaticorum with the second magnitude is well known called Col Caroli, meaning of the Heart of Charles. This name was given by Edmund Halley, naming it after King Charles II after the restoration of the monarchy in Britain in 1660. The constellation chart in the left shows the Heart with the crown put on at the star of Col Caroli. The constellation has many bright galaxies in the outer space, and the Col Caroli is the good mark to search those deep sky objects. |
Guide for Deep Sky Objects| M3 | .....Large-sized globular cluster between Col Caroli & Arcturus, 45 thousand ly. away |
| Whirlpool Nebula M51 | .....Bright double-galaxies at the tip of the handle of Big Dipper, 25 million ly. away |
| Sunflower galaxy M63 | .....Medium-sized galaxy midway of M51 & Col Caroli, 24 million ly. away |
| M94 | .....Medium-sized elliptical galaxy near the Col Caroli, 14 million ly. away |
| M106 | .....Noticeable spiral galaxy between beta CVn & gamma UMa, 21 million ly. away |
| NGC4111 | .....Small edge-on galaxy near a border to Ursa Major |
| NGC4214 | .....An irregular galaxy in SW edge, 13 million ly. away |
| NGC4217 | .....An edge-on galaxy just southwest of M106 |
| NGC4244 | .....A faint but large-sized edge-on galaxy in west part of CVn |
| NGC4395 | .....A dimmed and large galaxy in boundary on CVn & Com |
| NGC4449 | .....An irregular galaxy between M94 & M106, 9.8 million ly. away |
| NGC4490 | .....Unique pair of galaxies just passing each other at NW of beta CVn |
| NGC4631, NGC4656 | .....Two edge-on galaxies around the southern edge of CVn, 22 million ly. away |
| NGC5005, NGC5033 | .....Small spiral galaxies 3 deg. SE of Col Caroli |
| Around NGC5371 | .....Compact spiral galaxy lying in eastern edge of CVn. |
| NGC5394, NGC5395 | .....Small galaxy pair positioned at eastern edge |
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