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Designations	Canes Venatici I Group, Canes Venatici Cloud, CVn I Group, M94 Group, NGC 4736 Group
Constellations	Canes Venatici and Coma Berenices
Right Ascension	Centred around 12h 32m 48s
Declination	Centred around +33° 57' 7"
Distance	c.42,400,000 light years c.13,000,000 parsecs
Dimensions	Apparent: c. 21° x 15° Actual: c. 4,800,000 x 3,400,000 light years
Members	Fourteen major galaxies, including M94, C21 and possibly M106; up to twenty-four members in total
Optimum Visibility	April

M94 or NGC 4736, a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, is the brightest member of the Canes Venatici I Group. Indeed, the entire group is sometimes referred to as the 'M94 Group' or the 'NGC 4736 Group' after this galaxy. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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