Jirijin

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann

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area between Vega, Deneb and Altair in the Wardaman culture, Delphinus in the lower right corner.

Jirijin, “The tiny owl,” is a name for several stars in Delphinus. It stems from the Australian Wardaman people in the Northern Territory.

Etymology and History

what does the name mean, are there variants in dialects/ languages

for what has the constellation been used - cultural significance

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  northern masked owl (CC BY P Barden)
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  Australian masked owl standing in tree (CC BY Warren Garst, Oct 1981)
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  birds of Australia (C. J Broino*vski . Fecit. 1891)
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  Eastern Barn Owl, Australia (CC BY Bowerbirdaus)

Image Variants

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  ancient manuscript 1
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  modern mapping by author XY
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  ancient manuscript 2
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  modern mapping by author AB
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  something else ...

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.

Reference

• References (general)
• References (early modern)