This constellation is another one of the biggest constellations presents the sky system. This constellation is located in the northern hemisphere, so if you want to see this constellation then perhaps you can view that in the northern direction of the sky. It is one of the members of the modern 88 constellations; it is a small but powerful constellation that can be much brighter when its magnitude is high as compared to the other constellations. Its name in Latin is “hunting dogs” so many of the time this constellation is considered as the dogs of boots of the herdsman.
Location and Map:
This constellation is the 38th largest constellation in the sky that is occupying almost 465 square degrees. As mentioned earlier this constellation is located in the northern hemisphere. But its actual location or address is that it lies in the third quadrant of NQ3 and can be seen at latitudes between +90 to -40 degree.
History about this constellation:
This constellation was listed by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy who earlier also discovered three more constellation Canes Venatici was founded in the 17th century and its Latin name means haunting dogs. The stars of this constellation are not bright, there can be several reasons for that thing, but top most reason will be the higher magnitude the stars do have. The brightness of a star always depends on its magnitude, so lower is the magnitude higher is the capacity of brightness.
Major stars in this constellation:
Like the other constellation they also have many of the stars as their family members, this constellation does also have some stars in his family who are given as below:
Alpha Canum Venaticorum:
It is the brightest star of this constellation with a great magnitude that is lying between 2.84 and 2.98. Its distant is approximately 110 light years. The meaning of this star name is “Charles’ heart.” It is a star composed of two separate stars that are joined to form this star. This star was named by Sir Charles Scarborough who was a great mathematician and physician.
Beta Canum Venaticorum:
It is a yellow color sequence star who has the magnitude 4.27 and the distant 27 light years from the earth. It is one of the brightest stars in the sky. It is a G-type sequence star that has the name chart was originally used for southern dogs that mean “joy” in the Greek dictionary.
Gamma Canum Venaticorum:
It is a well-known star in the sky region, and also it is one of the reddest stars present in the sky, it was named this by Italian astronomer Angelo Secchi.
Story:
In the middle ages, the Canes Venatici was known with the story two dogs held on. So basically the myths for this constellation is based on the herdsman story in which he decided to define the position of the dogs in the night sky in the 17th century. Heraclius named the dog Assertion and southern one Chara, and this is how this myth is raised.