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Canes Venatici is bordered by Ursa Major to the north and west, Coma Berenices to the south, and Bootes to the east. The three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1922, is 'CVn'.^[14] The official constellation boundaries, as set by Eugène Delporte in 1930, are defined by a polygon of 14 sides. In the equatorial coordinate system, the right ascension coordinates of these borders lie between 12^h 06.2^m and 14^h 07.3^m, while the declination coordinates are between +27.84° and +52.36°.^[1] Covering 465 square degrees, it ranks 38th of the 88 constellations in size.