Boö tes is one of the 48 Claudius Ptolemy constellation, with an area of 906 square degrees and 140 stars visible to the naked eye.

According to Ovid's "Metamorphoses," Arcas, the son of the nymph Callisto, was transformed into a bear and was raised up into the sky by Zeus along with his mother. Later, the story of Ursa Minor Ursa Minor, and is now better known, but if we trace back through history, it seems that Boö tes has also been passed down since ancient times.

[Source of the story]
New Edition of the Encyclopedia constellation, February 2011)
Cultural History of Stars Encyclopedia (Hakusuisha Publishing Co., Ltd.) (December 2019)