Mythology of the constellation Canes Venatici

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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