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Otchocut is an Australian name for the asterism of [[Delphinus]] from the Boorong people. | Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} | ||
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[[File:Photo of the constellation Delphinus produced by NOIRLab in collaboration with Eckhard Slawik, a German astrophotographer (delphinus).tiff|thumb|photo of Delphinus, Eckhard Slawik]] | |||
Otchocut, The Great Fish, is an Australian name for the asterism of [[Delphinus]] from the Boorong people.<ref>Stanbridge (1861). On the Aborigines of Victoria, Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, Vol. 1. </ref><ref>Hamacher, Duane W. and Frew, David J. (2010). Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 13, No. 3, p. 220-234.</ref> | |||
==Etymology and History== | ==Etymology and History== | ||
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==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 2025. This refers to stars in [[Delphinus]] in the collective. We cannot apply it to a singular star name. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:13, 20 June 2026
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
Otchocut, The Great Fish, is an Australian name for the asterism of Delphinus from the Boorong people.[1][2]
Etymology and History
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was discussed by the IAU WGSN in 2025. This refers to stars in Delphinus in the collective. We cannot apply it to a singular star name.
