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Asterion
Asterion was one of the two hunting dogs drawn by Johannes Hevelius in the seventeenth century. Hevelius introduced the pair as the constellation Canes Venatici, with Asterion representing one of the dogs and Chara the other. Asterion is not a separate modern constellation; its identity survives only as part of the historical naming and depiction of Canes Venatici.
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Chara
Chara is a historical name associated with one of the two hunting dogs depicted by Johannes Hevelius in the constellation Canes Venatici. The name was introduced in the seventeenth century, but it is no longer used as an official constellation or stellar designation in modern astronomy. The name survives in the proper name of Beta Canum Venaticorum, a star in the northern constellation Canes Venat...
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