✧ Canes Venatici

  Canes Venatici is an asterism in Canes Venatici.

                                           ⣠·
                                        ⣀⡴⠋⠁
                                     ⢀⡤⠞⠁
                                   ⣠⠖⠋
                                ⣀⡴⠋⠁
                             ⢀⡤⠞⠁
                           ⣠⠖⠋
                        ⣀⡴⠋⠁
                     ⢀⡤⠞⠁
                  ⢀⣠⠞⠉
                ⣠⠴⠋
             ⢀⡴⠚⠁
            •⠉

  Type            Asterism
  Constellation   Canes Venatici
  Stars           2

  More information about Canes Venatici

  The Hunting Dogs. Only two of its stars can be seen without a telescope,
  and only Cor Caroli is bright enough to pick out. Hevelius named it in
  the 1680s to fill a blank patch of sky under the handle of the Big
  Dipper, which is how most of the small modern constellations came about:
  somebody found a gap between the old figures and put a name on it. What
  makes this one worth finding is the Whirlpool Galaxy, the first galaxy
  anyone saw a spiral in, drawn by Lord Rosse in 1845.

  Etymology
  From        Latin
  Reading     Canes Venatici
  Literally   the hunting dogs

  The evolution of Canes Venatici over time

  -50,000 years
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                                          ⡀
                                                     ⣀⡠⠔⠒⠉• Cor Caroli
                                                ⢀⡠⠤⠒⠉⠁
                                           ⢀⣀⠤⠒⠋⠁
                                    Chara ·⠁
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  now
  
  
  
  
  
                                                               ⢀⡤· Chara
                                                            ⢀⡠⠖⠁
                                                          ⡠⠖⠁
                                                       ⡠⠖⠋
                                                    ⣀⠔⠋
                                                 ⣀⠔⠋
                                              ⣀⠔⠊⠁
                                           ⣀⡤⠊⠁
                                        ⢀⡤⠊⠁
                                     ⢀⡤⠒⠁
                                   ⠤⠖⠁
                                   • Cor Caroli
  
  
  
  
  
  +50,000 years
  
                                                                                     ⣀⠤· Chara
                                                                                 ⣀⠤⠒⠉
                                                                             ⣀⠤⠒⠉
                                                                         ⣀⠤⠒⠉
                                                                    ⢀⣠⠴⠒⠉
                                                                ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉
                                                            ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉
                                                        ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉
                                                    ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉
                                                ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉
                                            ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉
                                        ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉
                                    ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉
                                ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉
                            ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉
                        ⢀⡠⠔⠊⠁
                    ⢀⡠⠔⠊⠁
                ⢀⡠⠔⠊⠁
             ⡠⠔⠊⠁
             • Cor Caroli

  Over 50,000 years either way the longest side of this figure changes by 130%, and the furthest
  any of its stars travels is 10.9 degrees. Proper motion only: this is the shape changing, not
  the sky turning or the pole moving.

  curl 'skymap.sh/Canes%20Venatici/evolution.gif'

  where it is tonight:  skymap.sh/Canes Venatici