The Canes II Group or Canes Venatici II Group (CVn II Group) is a group of galaxies about 26.1 million light-year

Light-year

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s away from Earth

Earth

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. The group resides in the Local Supercluster. The largest galaxy

Galaxy

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 within the cluster is M106

Messier 106

Messier 106 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth...

 (NGC 4258), which is a Barred Spiral Galaxy

Barred spiral galaxy

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.

Galaxies in the Cluster

Canes II is directly behind Canes I, which makes it difficult to show which galaxy belongs in which cluster. It is generally accepted that the following galaxies belong in Canes II;

Name	Equatorial Coordinates	Declination	Blue Magnitude	Type	Angular Diameter arc.	Galaxy Galaxy A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists of stars and stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust, and an important but poorly understood component tentatively dubbed dark matter. The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaxias , literally "milky", a...  Diameter Diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle...  (Kly)	Recessional Velocity	Other Names
NGC 4096	12 06.0	+47 29	11.5	Barred Spiral-c	6.5	55	770	None
NGC 4144	12 10.0	+46 27	12.2	Barred Spiral-c	6.0	55	481
UGC 7267	12 15.4	+51 22	15.3	Spiral-d	1.7	15	660
UGC 7271	12 15.6	+43 26	15.5	Spiral-c	1.6	15	772
UGC 7298	12 16.5	+52 13	17	Irregular	1.3	10	354
UGC 7320	12 17.5	+44 29	Unknown	Spiral-d	.9	10	740
NGC 4242	12 17.5	+45 37	11.7	Barred Spiral-m	4.8	40	733
NGC 4248	12 17.8	+47 25	13.4	Barred Spiral-b	2.4	20	693
M106 Messier 106 Messier 106 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth...	12 19.0	+47 18	9.1	Barred Spiral-b	17.0	150	656	NGC 4258
UGC 7356	12 19.2	+47 05	15.8	Irregular	.9	10	480
NGC 4288	12 20.6	+46 18	13.4	Barred Spiral-c	2.2	20	746
UGC 7408	12 21.3	+45 49	13.4	Irregular	2.6	20	675	DDO 120
UGC 7599	12 28.5	+37 14	14.9	Spiral-m	1.9	15	527	DDO 127
UGC 7608	12 28.8	+43 14	13.7	Irregular	3.5	30	760	DDO 129
NGC 4460	12 28.8	+44 52	12.8	Spiral-0	4.1	35	711
UGC 7639	12 29.9	+47 32	14.5	Irregular	2.4	20	585
KK151	12 30.4	+42 54	16.5	Spiral-c	1.1	10	660	PGC 41314
NGC 4485	12 30.5	+41 42	12.5	Irregular	2.4	20	725
NGC 4485	12 30.5	+41 42	12.5	Irregular	2.4	20	725
NGC 4490	12 30.6	+41 38	10.6	Barred Spiral-c	6.3	55	809
UGC 7678	12 32.0	+39 50	16.1	Barred Spiral	0.9	10	921
UGC 7690	12 32.4	+42 42	13.4	Irregular	1.6	15	762
UGC 7699	12 32.8	+37 37	13.6	Barred Spiral-c	3.8	35	743
UGC 7719	12 34.0	+39 01	15.3	Spiral-d	1.9	15	920
UGC 7751	12 35.1	+41 03	17.6	Irregular	0.7	5	835
UGC 7774	12 36.4	+40 00	15.0	Spiral-c	3.0	25	758
UGC 7827	12 39.7	+44 51	17?	Irregular	1.2	10	765
NGC 4618 NGC 4618 NGC 4618 is a distorted dwarf galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy is formally classified as a Sm galaxy, which means that its structure vaguely resembles the structure of spiral galaxies...	12 41.6	+41 09	11.4	Barred Spiral-d	4.4	40	771
NGC 4625 NGC 4625 NGC 4625 is a distorted dwarf galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy is formally classified as a Sm galaxy, which means that its structure vaguely resembles the structure of spiral galaxies...	12 41.9	+41 16	13.1	Barred Spiral-m	2.1	20	837
UGC 7949	12 47.0	+36 29	15.1	Irregular	1.9	15	578	DDO 147
NGC 4707	12 48.4	+51 10	13.4	Spiral-m	2.2	20	646