I love this story:
The two brightest stars in the constellation Delphinus (the Dolphin) are Sualocin and Rotanev. The names first appeared in an Italian star catalog in the 19th century. Clever astronomer-detectives later deduced that spelled backwards these stars are Nicolaus and Venator, which are Latinized versions of Niccolo Cacciatore. Turns out Niccolo was the assistant director of the observatory that published the catalog.