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[[File:Wardaman2004 Aql.jpg|thumb|Wardaman constellations and star names in Aquila from Cairns and Harney (2004, 198).]]
Lardlung, Big Trading Place, is a name for an asterism in [[Aquila]] from the Australian Wardaman people.
Lardlung, Big Trading Place, is a name for an asterism in [[Aquila]] from the Australian Wardaman people.


==Etymology and History==
==Etymology and History==
The Wardaman name "Lardlung" is the name of a "big trading place", adjacent to the [[Bardardi]] "meeting place" in the constellation [[Aquila]] (Cairns & Harney, 2003,<ref>Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 198).<gallery>
File:Wardaman2004 sum3.jpg|southern winter triangle (Vega, Deneb, Altrair) in Wardaman uranography (Cairns and Harney 2003).
</gallery>


==Mythology==
==Mythology==


==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2025.
The name Lardlung was discussed by WGSN in 2018, but no action was taken on adopting it for a star. It may be reconsidered in the future.  
 
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.


σ Aql (Sigma Aquilae) currently has no proper name in [https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=sig+Aql SIMBAD], the [[wikipedia:Sigma_Aquilae|wikipedia]], Bright Star Catalog (4th, 5th editions), or Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). The star is a massive spectroscopic binary that has been studied repeatedly over the past century or so, and [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023JAVSO..51...59Q/abstract Quadri, Strabla & Franco (2023)] present a recent synopsis of the system. The star is an unresolved binary consisting of two B3-type stars in a tight orbit (period 1.95 days), with masses of 5.8 and 4.6 solar masses, and radii of 3.7 and 3.3 solar radii, respectively. The system is approximately 240 parsecs away. The unresolved Johnson V magnitude for the binary out of eclipse is about V=5.15. Following WGSN policy, if a cultural name were adopted for the previously IAU/WGSN-unnamed σ Aql, the initial WGSN name would be applied to the primary component. 


== Weblinks ==
== Weblinks ==


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* https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023JAVSO..51...59Q/abstract


== Reference ==
== Reference ==
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Latest revision as of 06:26, 8 June 2026

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Eric Mamajek, Youla Azkarrula


Wardaman constellations and star names in Aquila from Cairns and Harney (2004, 198).

Lardlung, Big Trading Place, is a name for an asterism in Aquila from the Australian Wardaman people.

Etymology and History

The Wardaman name "Lardlung" is the name of a "big trading place", adjacent to the Bardardi "meeting place" in the constellation Aquila (Cairns & Harney, 2003,[1] p. 198).

Mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name Lardlung was discussed by WGSN in 2018, but no action was taken on adopting it for a star. It may be reconsidered in the future.

σ Aql (Sigma Aquilae) currently has no proper name in SIMBAD, the wikipedia, Bright Star Catalog (4th, 5th editions), or Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). The star is a massive spectroscopic binary that has been studied repeatedly over the past century or so, and Quadri, Strabla & Franco (2023) present a recent synopsis of the system. The star is an unresolved binary consisting of two B3-type stars in a tight orbit (period 1.95 days), with masses of 5.8 and 4.6 solar masses, and radii of 3.7 and 3.3 solar radii, respectively. The system is approximately 240 parsecs away. The unresolved Johnson V magnitude for the binary out of eclipse is about V=5.15. Following WGSN policy, if a cultural name were adopted for the previously IAU/WGSN-unnamed σ Aql, the initial WGSN name would be applied to the primary component.

Reference

  1. Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW