Canes Venatici I

Canes Venatici I — galaxy, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Canes Venatici I in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

A faint, distant halo satellite teased out of survey data — part of the wave of ultra-faint dwarfs that revealed how many companions the Milky Way really has.

Type

Dwarf spheroidal

Distance

710,000 light-years

Found

In Sloan survey data, 2006

Explore Canes Venatici I in 3D

Canes Venatici I is placed in three-dimensional space using catalogue coordinates and an adopted astronomical distance. Rotate and zoom to explore the model. Stellar surfaces, gas structure and dust depths may be reconstructed or illustrative, as described in its facts; this is not live imagery from a telescope.