 canes venatici  is one of the 88 official modern constellations. it is a small northern constellation that was created by johannes hevelius in the 17th century. its name is latin for "hunting dogs", and the constellation is often depicted in illustrations as representing the dogs of boÃ¶tes the herdsman, a neighboring constellation. ==history== left|200px|thumb|canes venatici depicted in hevelius's star atlas. note that, per the conventions of the time, the image is mirrored.  the stars of canes venatici are not bright. in classical times, they were included by ptolemy within the constellation ursa major in his star catalogue. Î± cvn was ptolemy's "28th of ursa major", and Î² cvn was his "29th of ursa major". in medieval times, the identification of these stars with the dogs of boÃ¶tes arose through a mistranslation. some of boÃ¶tes's stars were traditionally described as representing the club (greek, ÎÎ¿Î»Î»Î¿ÏÎ¿Î²Î¿Ï) of boÃ¶tes. when the greek astronomer ptolemy's almagest was translated from greek to arabic, the translator johannitius (following alberuni) did not know the greek word and rendered it as the nearest-looking arabic word, writing Ø§ÙØ¹ØµÙ Ø°Ø§Øª Ø§ÙÙÙØ§Ø¨ in ordinary unvowelled arabic text "al-`aÅÄ dhÄt al-kullÄb", which means "the spearshaft having a hook". when the arabic text was translated into latin, the translator gerard of cremona (probably in spain) mistook the arabic word ÙÙØ§Ø¨ for kilÄb (the plural of ÙÙØ¨
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