Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Ursa Major and Boötes, under the handle of the Big Dipper.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hunting dogs or hounds, Asterion and Cleara, a modern constellation formed by Hevelius between Boötes and Ursa Major.
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- proper noun astronomy A dim
spring constellation of thenorthern sky, said to resemble apair ofhunting dogs (Chara and Asterion) held on a leash byBoötes and following thebear Ursa Major .
Etymologies
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He awoke one morning/noon/night to find the girl turning slowly black beside him, in the last embrace of a fungal toxin he would have reserved for the Emperor of Canes Venatici, or the worst criminal in human history.
Anywhen Blish, James 1970
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Cor Caroli, in Canes Venatici, is a pleasing double star, the components being of a pale white and lilac colour.
The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
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The next considerable step towards a closer acquaintance with nebulae was made by Lord Rosse in 1845, when the prodigious light-grasp of his six-foot reflector afforded him the discovery of the great "Whirlpool" structure in Canes Venatici.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Boötes, and Cor Caroli, in Canes Venatici, which triangle is the upper half of the Diamond of Virgo.
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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The nebula in Canes Venatici is a spiral facing towards us, and its shape irresistibly suggests motions along the spiral arms.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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Among the more remarkable of these are the well-known nebula in Andromeda, and the great spiral in Canes Venatici; and, as a general rule, the emissions of all such nebulæ as present the appearance of star-clusters grown misty through excessive distance are of the same kind.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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The first and most conspicuous specimen of this class was met with in April, 1845; it is situated in Canes Venatici, close to the tail of the Great Bear, and wore, in Sir J. Herschel's instruments, the aspect of a split ring encompassing a bright nucleus, thus presenting, as he supposed, a complete analogue to the system of the Milky Way.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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The target galaxies include one classical dwarf, Leo II, and six that were recently identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data: Bootes I, Canes Venatici I,
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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The target galaxies include one classical dwarf, Leo II, and six that were recently identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data: Bootes I, Canes Venatici I,
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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The galaxy, which is similar in size to our own Milky Way, was found near the northern constellation Canes Venatici.
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