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[[File:Lotella rhacina.jpg|thumb|A Beardie (''Lotella rhacina''). Blue Fish Point, Sydney, NSW (CC BY Richard Ling).]] |
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Muning is a name for stars in [[Serpens]] from the Australian Wardaman people. |
Muning is a name for two stars (γ and β Ser) in [[Serpens]] from the Australian Wardaman people. |
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==Etymology and History== |
==Etymology and History== |
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"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, 2003,<ref name=":0">Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 200) |
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Cairns & Harney (2003,<ref name=":0" /> p.110): <blockquote>"The other two stars seen in Serpens Caput are Muning, the Small Rock Cod, also to do with rebirth - and the Wulanggman Mungamunga Spiritual Women themselves. These important Spirituals and their places in the night Sky are said to abound in the rock ant sites in Wardaman lands below, and the meeting places which make Corona Borealis outstanding in the night sky are also presented in the cultural landscape down below. The practical way that Bill Yidumduma Harney has the observation of animals meeting linked with the geography of his land and the ancestral Dreaming Creation is clear with the ancestral stories about and importance of this Northern Crown."</blockquote> |
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==Mythology== |
==Mythology== |
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==IAU Working Group on Star Names== |
==IAU Working Group on Star Names== |
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The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2018. Gamma Serpentis (γ Ser) does not have a proper name in [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=gam+Ser SIMBAD], the Bright Star Catalog (4th, 5th editions), the [[wikipedia:Gamma_Serpentis|wikipedia]] or Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). see also http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/gammaser.html |
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The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2018. |
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Decision: WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN. |
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Latest revision as of 07:46, 1 October 2025
Muning is a name for two stars (γ and β Ser) in Serpens from the Australian Wardaman people.
Etymology and History
"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, 2003,[1] p. 200)
Cairns & Harney (2003,[1] p.110):
"The other two stars seen in Serpens Caput are Muning, the Small Rock Cod, also to do with rebirth - and the Wulanggman Mungamunga Spiritual Women themselves. These important Spirituals and their places in the night Sky are said to abound in the rock ant sites in Wardaman lands below, and the meeting places which make Corona Borealis outstanding in the night sky are also presented in the cultural landscape down below. The practical way that Bill Yidumduma Harney has the observation of animals meeting linked with the geography of his land and the ancestral Dreaming Creation is clear with the ancestral stories about and importance of this Northern Crown."
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2018. Gamma Serpentis (γ Ser) does not have a proper name in SIMBAD, the Bright Star Catalog (4th, 5th editions), the wikipedia or Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). see also http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/gammaser.html
Decision: WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.
