Jirradella: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
Ericmamajek (talk | contribs) added discussion star beta TrA |
||
| (8 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Jirradella, rainbow signs, is a name for | Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, {{PAGEAUTHORS}} | ||
---- | |||
[[File:Jirradella b.jpg|thumb|Jirradella in a Wardaman star map (CC BY Cairns and Harney 2003)<ref name=":0" />.]] | |||
Jirradella, rainbow signs, is a name for the star β TrA (in [[Triangulum Australe]]) from the Australian Wardaman people. | |||
==Etymology and History== | ==Etymology and History== | ||
The Wardaman name "Jirradella" means "rainbow's sign" (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.201). | |||
==Mythology== | ==Mythology== | ||
==IAU Working Group on Star Names== | ==IAU Working Group on Star Names== | ||
The name was discussed | The name was discussed by the IAU WGSN in 2018, however no action was taken in adopting it for a star. The name may be revisited at a future WGSN meeting. | ||
Beta Trianguli Australis lacks a proper name in [https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=bet+TrA SIMBAD], the [[wikipedia:Beta_Trianguli_Australis|wikipedia]], Bright Star Catalog (4th, 5th editions), and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). see also http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/betatra.html | |||
β TrA (GJ 601A, HD 141891, HR 5897, HIP 77952) is a bright (apparent V magnitude 2.85) and nearby (12.4 parsecs) star of spectral type F1V. Although it appears in the Washington Double Star catalog (WDS J15551-6326A, LDS 542), the "B" component (WDS J15551-6326B, GJ 601B, LTT 6333) is an unrelated background star at roughly 280 parsecs distance. Thus far, β TrA appears to be single. | |||
== Weblinks == | == Weblinks == | ||
| Line 21: | Line 26: | ||
[[Category:Asterism]] | [[Category:Asterism]] | ||
[[Category:Star Name]] | [[Category:Star Name]] [[Category:Oceania]] | ||
[[Category:Australia_and_New_Zealand]] | [[Category:Australia_and_New_Zealand]][[Category:Australia]] | ||
[[Category:Wardaman]] | [[Category:Wardaman]] | ||
[[Category:TrA]] | [[Category:TrA]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:44, 11 July 2026
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Eric Mamajek, Youla Azkarrula
Jirradella, rainbow signs, is a name for the star β TrA (in Triangulum Australe) from the Australian Wardaman people.
Etymology and History
The Wardaman name "Jirradella" means "rainbow's sign" (Cairns & Harney, 2003,[1] p.201).
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was discussed by the IAU WGSN in 2018, however no action was taken in adopting it for a star. The name may be revisited at a future WGSN meeting.
Beta Trianguli Australis lacks a proper name in SIMBAD, the wikipedia, Bright Star Catalog (4th, 5th editions), and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). see also http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/betatra.html
β TrA (GJ 601A, HD 141891, HR 5897, HIP 77952) is a bright (apparent V magnitude 2.85) and nearby (12.4 parsecs) star of spectral type F1V. Although it appears in the Washington Double Star catalog (WDS J15551-6326A, LDS 542), the "B" component (WDS J15551-6326B, GJ 601B, LTT 6333) is an unrelated background star at roughly 280 parsecs distance. Thus far, β TrA appears to be single.
