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Cor Caroli
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Cor Caroli

Brightest star in Canes Venatici. The name means ‘Charles's Heart’.

It was named in honour of the English king Charles II, as it was supposed to have been especially bright on the eve of his return to London from The Hague in the United Netherlands in May 1660.



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