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Canes Venatici I or CVn I is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy situated in the Canes Venatici constellation and discovered in 2006 in the data obtained by Sloan Digital Sky Survey. It is one the most distant satellites of the Milky Way as of 2011 together with Leo I and Leo II. The galaxy is located at the distance of about 220 kpc from the Sun and moves away from the Sun with the velocity of about 31 km/s.