IQhawe

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iQhawe is a Xhosa asterism for Sirius.

Etymology and History

Sirius is known as “iQhawe” in Xhosa, which means “the champion”, probably because it is the brightest star in the night sky. It can also be seen as one of two suitors or rivals (along with Canopus, the second brightest star), but we cannot say for whose affections they are fighting.[1]

Mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

Reference

  1. ↑ Lock, Suki (online). Tukano sky culture in Stellarium, https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium , printed in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds., 2022), Astronomy in Culture --Cultures of Astronomy. Astronomie in der Kultur--Kulturen der Astronomie.: Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting at the Annual Conference of the Astronomische Gesselschafb Sept. 14-16, 2021, tredition, Ahrensburg (Germany): 735-736.
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