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Mythology of the constellation Canes Venatici
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Since the 17th-century charts of Hevelius (the Polish astronomer Johannes
Hoevelke) CANES VENATICI, The Hunting Dogs, has been considered to
represent two hounds held on a leash by
Bootes. The northerly dog
is named Asterion, the southerly Chara.
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