Canes Venatici is one of the 88 constellations designated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). It is a small northern constellation that was created by Johannes Hevelius in the 17th century. Its name is Latin for 'hunting dogs', and the constellation is often depicted in illustrations as representing the dogs of Boötes the Herdsman, a neighboring constellation.
NGC 4244, also known as Caldwell 26, is an edge-on loose spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, and is part of the M94 Group or Canes Venatici I Group, a galaxy group relatively close to the Local Group containing the Milky Way. In the sky, it is located near the yellow naked-eye star, Beta Canum Venaticorum, but also near the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4151 and irregular galaxy NGC 4214.
DDO 169 is an irregular galaxy located in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is a member of the M51 Group of galaxies and measures approximately 5 × 1.5 kiloparsecs. The galaxy's large-scale structure is very unorganized and it has two clusters of stars in its outer portions in addition to the cluster in the center. These clusters make it practically impossible to determine the galaxy's rotation curve and contributes to a large variation in distance figures that are derived with different methods. The exact distance to the galaxy is not known, although a 1998 paper estimated the distance as 8.23 megaparsecs.
IC 883 is an irregular galaxy that is about 321 million light years away from Earth. It is located in the constellation Canes Venatici. Its largest radius is 1.4, and smallest 0.7 angular minutes .[b] It was discovered by Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler on May 1 1891.
NGC 5395 is an interacting spiral galaxy located at a distance of 160 million light years, but receding away from the Earth at 3511 kilometers per second, in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by William Herschel on May 16, 1787. NGC 5395 and NGC 5394 are included in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 84 in the category "Spiral galaxies with large high surface brightness companions".
IC 4271 is a spiral galaxy located some 800 million light-years away in the Canes Venatici constellation. It is 130,000 light-years in diameter. IC 4271 was first located on July 10, 1896, by Stephane Javelle, a French astronomer. It hosts a Seyfert type 2 nucleus, containing an acceleration disc around its supermassive black hole which releases large amounts of radiation, hence its bright appearance. IC 4271 appears to be interacting with its smaller neighboring galaxy, PGC 3096774.
IC 3971 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 1 billion light-years away from the solar system, in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It was first discovered in January 1904 by German astronomer Max Wolf. According to SIMBAD database, it is a LINER type galaxy with an active nucleus.
IC 64 is a massive lenticular galaxy located 622 million light-years away in the Pisces constellation. IC 64 has a diameter of 300,000 thousand light-years, making it, three times bigger than the Milky Way and one of the largest galaxies observed. IC 64 was discovered by Stephane Javelle, a French astronomer on 5th December, 1893. It has an active galactic nucleus and is considered a radio galaxy.
IC 3053 is a type Sab barred spiral galaxy with a ring located in the Coma Berenices constellation. The galaxy lies 720 million light-years from the solar system and has an estimated diameter of 180,000 light-years meaning the galaxy is much larger compared to the Milky Way. IC 3053 was first discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904. Despite listed in the Virgo Cluster Catalogue as VCC 95, it is not a member of the Virgo Cluster due to its high redshift and instead a background galaxy.
IC 3031 known as PGC 92941, is an edge-on spiral galaxy located in the Coma Berenices constellation. The galaxy lies 1.15 billion light-years away from the solar system and has an estimated diameter of 240,000 light-years meaning it is bigger compared to the Milky Way. IC 3031 was discovered by astronomer Royal Harwood Frost on May 7, 1904.
IC 3246 known as PGC 40202, is a barred spiral galaxy with a ring located in the Virgo constellation. It is situated 1.13 billion light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered by Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on September 14, 1900. IC 3246 has a surface brightness of 23.6 magnitude/arc seconds and located at right ascension and declination respectively.
IC 2800 known as PGC 3543021, is a late type spiral galaxy located 750 million light-years away from the Milky Way in the Leo constellation. It has a diameter of 110,000 light-years and was discovered on March 27, 1906, by German astronomer, Max Wolf. It has a surface brightness of magnitude 24.0 and is located right ascension (11:24:27:08) and declination (12:12:31.70).
IC 3482 is a type Sb spiral galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation. It is located 850 million light-years away from the solar system. IC 3482 has an apparent size of 0.4 x 0.15 arcmin, meaning it has estimated diameter of 140,000 thousand light-years. IC 3482 was discovered on March 23, 1903, by German astronomer pioneer, Max Wolf. It is located at Right Ascension of (12:33:01.00) and Declination of (27:49:49:10), and has a surface brightness of magnitude 23.
IC 3789, occasionally known as PGC 1619535, is a type Sbc barred spiral galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation. It is located 872 million light-years away from the solar system and has an approximate diameter of 150,000 light-years making it slightly larger than the Milky Way. IC 3789 was discovered on 27 January 1904 by astronomer Max Wolf.
IC 4000 known as PGC 2152407, is a type Sbc spiral galaxy with a ring in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It is located 1.5 billion light-years away from the solar system and has an estimated diameter of 100,000 light-years which is the same length as the Milky Way. IC 4000 was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903. It has a surface brightness of 23.3 magnitude/arc seconds and located Right Ascension (12:59:36.62) and Declination (39:35:15:90).
IC 2628 is a type SBa barred spiral galaxy with a ring located in Leo constellation. It is located 600 million light-years from the solar system and has an approximate diameter of 135,000 thousand light-years. IC 2628 was discovered on March 27, 1906, by Max Wolf and is classified as a ring galaxy due to its peculiar appearance. The galaxy has a surface brightness of magnitude 23.8 and located at right ascension (11:11:37.8) and declination (+12:07:21) respectively.
IC 4537 is a type S0-a lenticular galaxy located in the Serpens constellation. It is located 736 million light-years from the solar system and was found by astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard although the year of discovery was unknown. IC 4537 has a surface brightness of magnitude 23.9 and a right ascension of and aeclination. IC 4537 is apparently located a few miles away from the globular cluster, Messier 5.
IC 2431 are a group of interacting galaxies in the constellation of Cancer. They are located 684 million light-years away from the solar system and were discovered on February 24, 1896, by Stephane Javelle.
IC 1166 are a pair of galaxies in the Corona Borealis constellation comprising IC 1166 NED01 and IC 1166 NED02. They are located 977 million light-years from the solar system and were discovered on July 28, 1892, by Stephane Javelle.
IC 1185 is a type Sab spiral galaxy located in Hercules. It is located 420 million light-years from the solar system and has an approximate diameter of 115,000 light-years. IC 1185 was discovered on June 8, 1888, by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan and is a member of the Hercules Cluster. IC 1185 has a surface brightness of magnitude 22.7 and presents a double nucleus, which might represent a late stage of galaxy merger.
