The asterism was remarked upon by J. J. Littrow, who described it as the "conspicuous triangle" in the text of his atlas (1866), and Bode connected the stars in a map in a book in 1816, although without label.
Avstrijski astronom Oswald Thomas je opisal te zvezde kot »Veliki trikotnik« (Grosses Dreieck) v poznih 1920. in leta 1934 kot »Poletni trikotnik« (Sommerliches Dreieck).