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A brief information (language, culture of origin)
Otchocut, The Great Fish, is an Australian name for the asterism of [[Delphinus]] from the Boorong people.<ref>Stanbridge (1861). On the Aborigines of Victoria, Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, Vol. 1. </ref><ref>Hamacher, Duane W. and Frew, David J. (2010). Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 13, No. 3, p. 220-234.</ref>

Otchocut is an Australian name for the asterism of [[Delphinus]] from the Boorong people.


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photo of Delphinus, Eckhard Slawik

Otchocut, The Great Fish, is an Australian name for the asterism of Delphinus from the Boorong people.[1][2]

Etymology and History

Mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2025.

As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.


Weblinks

Reference

  1. Stanbridge (1861). On the Aborigines of Victoria, Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, Vol. 1.
  2. Hamacher, Duane W. and Frew, David J. (2010). Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 13, No. 3, p. 220-234.