Canes Venatici waves caused by a bar that is thus far invisible. Canes Venatici Canes Venatici is one of the 88 official modern constellations. 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. Cor Caroli is the constellation's brightest star, with an apparent magnitude of 2.9. La Superba is one of the reddest stars in the sky and one of the brightest carbon stars. The Whirlpool Galaxy is a
Auriga (constellation) of three constellations which represented poles for horses to be tethered. They were formed by the triplets of Epsilon, Zeta, and Eta Aurigae; Nu, Tau, and Upsilon Aurigae; and Chi and 26 Aurigae, with one other undetermined star. "Xianchi", the pond where the sun set and "Tianhuang", a pond, bridge, or pier, were other constellations in Auriga, though the stars that composed them are undetermined. "Zuoqi", representing chairs for the emperor and other officials, was made up of nine stars in the east of the constellation. "Bagu", a constellation mostly formed from stars in Camelopardalis representing different types of crops,