Alpha Canum Venaticorum: Perbedaan antara revisi

Nama tradisional dari bintang ini, ''Cor Caroli'' berarti ''jantung Charles'', dan diberikan oleh [[Sir Charles Scarborough]] untuk menghormati raja Inggris, [[Charles I]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20021222153002/http://www.space.com/spacewatch/hunting_dog_020517.html space.com: Spacewatch Friday: In Search of Star Cities, By Joe Rao]</ref><ref>[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/canesvenatici.htm Ian Ridpath: "Star Tales", Canes Venatici]</ref>, yang dieksekusi selama perang saudara di Inggris dan digantikan oleh anaknya, [[Charles II]]<ref>According to R. H. Allen (''Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning''), the star was named by Halley for Charles II "at the suggestion of the court physician Sir Charles Scarborough, who said it had shone with special brilliance on the eve of the king's return to London, May 29, 1660". According to Deborah J. Warner (''The Sky Explored: Celestial Cartography 1500-1800''), it was originally named "Cor Caroli Regis Martyris" ("The Heart of King Charles the Martyr") for Charles I. According to Robert Burnham, Jr. (''Burnham's Celestial Handbook'', Volume 1), "the attribution of the name to Halley appears in a report published by [[Johann Elert Bode|J. E. Bode]] at Berlin in 1801, but seems to have no other verification".</ref>. Nama lain dari para astronom terdahulu adalah :

Selain [[rasi]] [[Canes Venatici]], bintang ini juga merupakan anggota dari berbagai rasi atau asterisma berikut :