Noctua - Revision history

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	[[File:Alexander Jamieson Celestial Atlas-Plate 27.jpg\|thumb\|A. Jamieson Celestial Atlas-Plate 27 with Noctua, The Owl, behind the Raven on Hydra's extended tail.]]		[[File:Alexander Jamieson Celestial Atlas-Plate 27.jpg\|thumb\|A. Jamieson Celestial Atlas-Plate 27 with Noctua, The Owl, behind the Raven on Hydra's extended tail.]]
	[[File:Athene noctua - the little owl.jpg\|thumb\|"Athene noctua", a little owl at Haifa district in Israel (CC BY Artemy Voikhansky).]]		[[File:Athene noctua - the little owl.jpg\|thumb\|"Athene noctua", a little owl at Haifa district in Israel (CC BY Artemy Voikhansky).]]
	Noctua, the owl, was an extinct constellation introduced by Alexander Jamieson (1822) "''Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps''".<ref>[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/solitaire.html#noctua Ian Ridpath's website on Noctua]</ref><ref>[https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/88const/Noc.html Harper & Stockman, Website SkyEye on Noctua]</ref><ref>[[wikipedia:~~Noctua\_~~(constellation)\|Wikipedia on Noctua]]</ref>		Noctua, the owl, was an extinct constellation introduced by Alexander Jamieson (1822) "''Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps''".<ref>[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/solitaire.html#noctua Ian Ridpath's website on Noctua]</ref><ref>[https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/88const/Noc.html Harper & Stockman, Website SkyEye on Noctua]</ref><ref>[[wikipedia:Noctua_(constellation)\|Wikipedia on Noctua]]</ref>

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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Etymology and History

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	The name "Noctua" first appeared on Jamieson's charts next to a star in the head of the owl, situated about halfway between Spica and pi Hya, a star labeled "X" (see also Fig. 29.11 of "The Lost Constellations" by Barentine 2015).		The name "Noctua" first appeared on Jamieson's charts next to a star in the head of the owl, situated about halfway between Spica and Pi Hya, a star labeled "X" (see also Fig. 29.11 of "The Lost Constellations" by Barentine 2015).

	The joint history of the extinct constellations Turdus Solitarius ([[Solitaire]]) and Noctua in the tail of Hydra are discussed at length in Chapter 29 of John Barentine's (2015) "''The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore''," with the origins of Noctua discussed on p. 454.		The joint history of the extinct constellations Turdus Solitarius ([[Solitaire]]) and Noctua in the tail of Hydra are discussed at length in Chapter 29 of John Barentine's (2015) "''The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore''," with the origins of Noctua discussed on p. 454.

Sushoff at 01:30, 30 October 2024

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	[[File:~~Sidney Hall~~ - ~~Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica~~.jpg\|thumb\|~~plate 32 in ''Urania's Mirror'' by S~~. ~~Hall~~, ~~a set of celestial cards accompanied by ''A familiar treatise~~ on ~~astronomy ...~~'~~' by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored~~.]]		[[File:Alexander Jamieson Celestial Atlas-Plate 27.jpg\|thumb\|A. Jamieson Celestial Atlas-Plate 27 with Noctua, The Owl, behind the Raven on Hydra's extended tail.]]
	[[File:Athene noctua - the little owl.jpg\|thumb\|~~The~~ little owl at Haifa district in Israel]]		[[File:Athene noctua - the little owl.jpg\|thumb\|"Athene noctua", a little owl at Haifa district in Israel (CC BY Artemy Voikhansky).]]
	Noctua, the owl, was an extinct constellation introduced by Alexander Jamieson (1822) "''Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps''".		Noctua, the owl, was an extinct constellation introduced by Alexander Jamieson (1822) "''Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps''".<ref>[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/solitaire.html#noctua Ian Ridpath's website on Noctua]</ref><ref>[https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/88const/Noc.html Harper & Stockman, Website SkyEye on Noctua]</ref><ref>[[wikipedia:Noctua\_(constellation)\|Wikipedia on Noctua]]</ref>

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	The joint history of the extinct constellations Turdus Solitarius ([[Solitaire]]) and Noctua in the tail of Hydra are discussed at length in Chapter 29 of John Barentine's (2015) "''The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore''," with the origins of Noctua discussed on p. 454.		The name "Noctua" first appeared on Jamieson's charts next to a star in the head of the owl, situated about halfway between Spica and pi Hya, a star labeled "X" (see also Fig. 29.11 of "The Lost Constellations" by Barentine 2015).

			The joint history of the extinct constellations Turdus Solitarius ([[Solitaire]]) and Noctua in the tail of Hydra are discussed at length in Chapter 29 of John Barentine's (2015) "''The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore''," with the origins of Noctua discussed on p. 454.

	Early 19th century English atlases did not adopted Bode's "Solitaire", but retained figures of birds in the same region. Thomas Young (1807; "''A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts"'') replaced the Solitaire with a Mockingbird.		Early 19th century English atlases did not adopted Bode's "Solitaire", but retained figures of birds in the same region. Thomas Young (1807; "''A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts"'') replaced the Solitaire with a Mockingbird.

	Alexander Jamieson (1822) "''Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps''" (p.49) reimagined the bird constellation. Not mentioning either Bode's or Young's version, but only mentioning Monnier's earlier version:		Alexander Jamieson (1822) "''Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps''" (p.49) reimagined the bird constellation. Not mentioning either Bode's or Young's version, but only mentioning Monnier's earlier version: <blockquote>"''L'ERMITE (Oiseau), which appears on Map XIX, was formed some years ago by M. Monnier, under the Southern scale of the Celestial Balance. I have transformed L'Ermite Oiseau into the sage looking Noctua, a bird, which, considering the frequency it is met with on all Egyptian monuments, it appears strange our astronomers have not long ere this transferred among the celestials''." </blockquote>[https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/88const/Noc.html Harper & Stockman (website "SkyEye")] draw the star as ET Vir (=HR 5301=HIP 69269, Vmag=4.91) as the head of the owl, and indeed this appears to be the brightest star in the vicinity, within a radius of 3.5 degrees.

	"''L'ERMITE (Oiseau), which appears on Map XIX, was formed some years ago by M. Monnier, under the Southern scale of the Celestial Balance. I have transformed L'Ermite Oiseau into the sage looking Noctua, a bird, which, considering the frequency it is met with on all Egyptian monuments, it appears strange our astronomers have not long ere this transferred among the celestials''."

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			[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg\|thumb\|plate 32 in ''Urania's Mirror'' by S. Hall, a set of celestial cards accompanied by ''A familiar treatise on astronomy ...'' by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored.]]
			[[File:Athene noctua - the little owl.jpg\|thumb\|The little owl at Haifa district in Israel]]
	Noctua, the owl, was an extinct constellation introduced by Alexander Jamieson (1822) "''Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps''".		Noctua, the owl, was an extinct constellation introduced by Alexander Jamieson (1822) "''Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps''".

Sushoff: /* IAU Working Group Star Names */

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IAU Working Group Star Names

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	==IAU Working Group Star Names==		==IAU Working Group Star Names==
	The name "'''Noctua'''" was discussed as a proper name for ET Vir (HR 5301, HIP 69269) in October 2024, but withdrawn due to the existence of an asteroid name "Noctua".		The name "'''Noctua'''" was discussed as a proper name for ET Vir (HR 5301, HIP 69269) in October 2024, but withdrawn due to the existence of an asteroid name "Noctua":

			* 8962 Noctua ([https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=Noctua&view=OPD NASA JPL Small Body Database])

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

Sushoff: /* IAU Working Group Star Names */

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IAU Working Group Star Names

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	== Variants of the image ==		== Variants of the image ==
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Noctua.JPG\|Noctua on the Celestial Atlas of Alexander Jamieson (1822).This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.		File:Alexander Jamieson Celestial Atlas-Plate 27.jpg\|Jamieson (1822). Plate 27 from ''A celestial atlas comprising a systematic display of the heavens in a series of thirty maps illustrated by scientific description of their contents and accompanied by catalogues of the stars and astronomical exercises''
	File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg\|Noctua in Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror. plate 32 in ''Urania's Mirror'', a set of celestial cards accompanied by ''A familiar treatise on astronomy ...'' by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored.		File:Noctua.JPG\|Noctua on the Celestial Atlas of Alexander Jamieson (1822).This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.
			File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg\|alt=Noctua in Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror. plate 32 in Urania's Mirror, a set of celestial cards accompanied by A familiar treatise on astronomy ... by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored.\|Noctua in Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror. plate 32 in ''Urania's Mirror'', a set of celestial cards accompanied by ''A familiar treatise on astronomy ...'' by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored.
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	==IAU Working Group Star Names==		==IAU Working Group Star Names==
	The name "Noctua" appeared on Jamieson's charts next to a star in the head of the owl, situated about halfway between Spica and pi Hya, a star labeled "X" (<nowiki>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Alexander_Jamieson_Celestial_Atlas-Plate_27.jpg</nowiki> ; see also Fig. 29.11 of "The Lost Constellations" by Barentine 2015). The brightest star in the vicinity of the head of Noctua, within about 3 degrees radius, is HR 5301 (ET Vir, HIP 69269).		The name "'''Noctua'''" was discussed as a proper name for ET Vir (HR 5301, HIP 69269) in October 2024, but withdrawn due to the existence of an asteroid name "Noctua".

	HR 5301 (ET Vir, HIP 69269) is a previously unnamed naked eye star (Vmag=4.93; Hipparcos), a M2IIIa-type spectral standard giant star (Keenan & McNeil 1989), and a semi-regular variable. HR 5301 was given the variable star designation ET Vir in the 58th Name-List of Variable Stars (1972).

	The name "'''Noctua'''" was discussed as a proper name for ET Vir (HR 5301, HIP 69269) in October 2024.

	~~The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 202x. 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 ==		== Weblinks ==

Ericmamajek: added quote from Jamieson on origin of Noctua

2024-10-13T06:49:08Z

added quote from Jamieson on origin of Noctua

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	Early 19th century English atlases did not adopted Bode's "Solitaire", but retained figures of birds in the same region. Thomas Young (1807; "''A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts"'') replaced the Solitaire with a Mockingbird.		Early 19th century English atlases did not adopted Bode's "Solitaire", but retained figures of birds in the same region. Thomas Young (1807; "''A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts"'') replaced the Solitaire with a Mockingbird.

	~~==Mythology==~~		Alexander Jamieson (1822) "''Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps''" (p.49) reimagined the bird constellation. Not mentioning either Bode's or Young's version, but only mentioning Monnier's earlier version:

			"''L'ERMITE (Oiseau), which appears on Map XIX, was formed some years ago by M. Monnier, under the Southern scale of the Celestial Balance. I have transformed L'Ermite Oiseau into the sage looking Noctua, a bird, which, considering the frequency it is met with on all Egyptian monuments, it appears strange our astronomers have not long ere this transferred among the celestials''."

	== Variants of the image ==		== Variants of the image ==

Ericmamajek at 05:06, 13 October 2024

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	~~[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror -~~ Noctua, ~~Corvus~~, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg\|alt=Jamison star chart\|thumb\|plate 32 in ''Urania's Mirror'', a set of celestial cards accompanied by ''A ~~familiar treatise on astronomy ...~~'' ~~by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored.]]~~		Noctua, the owl, was an extinct constellation introduced by Alexander Jamieson (1822) "''Celestial Atlas Comprising A Systematic Display Of The Heavens In A Series Of Thirty Maps''".
	Noctua, The Owl, is an obsolete European constellation. It was invented in the 19th century: Alexander Jamison depicted the early modern invention of a second bird on the extended tail of the Hydra snake as an owl. This way, he replaced the exotic bird from the "~~new worlds", the flightless [[Solitaire]], with a species home in Europe ("old world")~~.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
			The joint history of the extinct constellations Turdus Solitarius ([[Solitaire]]) and Noctua in the tail of Hydra are discussed at length in Chapter 29 of John Barentine's (2015) "''The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore''," with the origins of Noctua discussed on p. 454.

			Early 19th century English atlases did not adopted Bode's "Solitaire", but retained figures of birds in the same region. Thomas Young (1807; "''A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts"'') replaced the Solitaire with a Mockingbird.

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

Ericmamajek: /* IAU Working Group Star Names */ Noctua proposed for HR 5301 = ET Vir

2024-10-13T04:45:56Z

IAU Working Group Star Names: Noctua proposed for HR 5301 = ET Vir

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	==IAU Working Group Star Names==		==IAU Working Group Star Names==
			The name "Noctua" appeared on Jamieson's charts next to a star in the head of the owl, situated about halfway between Spica and pi Hya, a star labeled "X" (<nowiki>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Alexander_Jamieson_Celestial_Atlas-Plate_27.jpg</nowiki> ; see also Fig. 29.11 of "The Lost Constellations" by Barentine 2015). The brightest star in the vicinity of the head of Noctua, within about 3 degrees radius, is HR 5301 (ET Vir, HIP 69269).

			HR 5301 (ET Vir, HIP 69269) is a previously unnamed naked eye star (Vmag=4.93; Hipparcos), a M2IIIa-type spectral standard giant star (Keenan & McNeil 1989), and a semi-regular variable. HR 5301 was given the variable star designation ET Vir in the 58th Name-List of Variable Stars (1972).

			The name "'''Noctua'''" was discussed as a proper name for ET Vir (HR 5301, HIP 69269) in October 2024.

	The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 202x. 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.		The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 202x. 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.

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			[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg\|alt=Jamison star chart\|thumb\|plate 32 in ''Urania's Mirror'', a set of celestial cards accompanied by ''A familiar treatise on astronomy ...'' by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored.]]
	Noctua, The Owl, is an obsolete European constellation. It was invented in the 19th century: Alexander Jamison depicted the early modern invention of a second bird on the extended tail of the Hydra snake as an owl. This way, he replaced the exotic bird from the "new worlds", the flightless [[Solitaire]], with a species home in Europe ("old world").		Noctua, The Owl, is an obsolete European constellation. It was invented in the 19th century: Alexander Jamison depicted the early modern invention of a second bird on the extended tail of the Hydra snake as an owl. This way, he replaced the exotic bird from the "new worlds", the flightless [[Solitaire]], with a species home in Europe ("old world").

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	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

			== Variants of the image ==
			<gallery>
			File:Noctua.JPG\|Noctua on the Celestial Atlas of Alexander Jamieson (1822).This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.
			File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg\|Noctua in Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror. plate 32 in ''Urania's Mirror'', a set of celestial cards accompanied by ''A familiar treatise on astronomy ...'' by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored.
			</gallery>

	==IAU Working Group Star Names==		==IAU Working Group Star Names==