CANES Venatici, in Astronomy, the Greyhounds, two new constellations, first established by Hevelius, between the tail of the Great Bear and Bootes's arms, above the Coma Berenices. The first is called afterion, being that next the Bear's tail; the other chara. They comprehend
Canes
Cangia
comprehend 23 stars, of which Tycho only observed two. The longitudes and latitudes of each are given by Hevelius. In the British Catalogue they are 25.