Ifakoya

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Lokono constellation: Ifakoya (Spirit of the Muscovy duck) in the planetarium software Stellarium (CC-BY Konrad Rybka)
Ifakoya (Ifakoya)
Asterism Info
Native
Ifakoya
RomanisationIfakoya
Translation
Spirit of the Muscovy duck
Position (2000)
Right ascension265.62198 to 287.5073197
Declination-44.20645338 to -32.98909825
Area154.31 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars59
Bayer/Flamsteed
stars		31
Stars brighter than 3.00m3
Brightest starKaus Australis (1.81m)
Taxonomy
category
of asterism		constellation
IAU-
constellations		CrA, Sco, Sgr

Ifakoya is an Arawakan constellation name from Lokono. This constellation is referring to Spirit of the Muscovy duck.

Etymology and History

Spelling Variants[1]

Origin of Constellation

The constellation Ifakoya ‘Spirit of the Muscovy duck’ (Cairina moschata) was mentioned by the Penard brothers and Claudius de Goeje but remained unidentified until now.[2][3] The contemporary Lokono on the Pomeroon River in Guyana recognize it in parts of the Western constellation Corona Australis. There are no myths related to this constellation but the Lokono say that when the head of the duck points toward the ground, looking as if the duck has its head under the water, the ducks are busy feeding on plants. The constellation assumes this position from mid-May. At this time, it is said that the birds are easier to catch. The Muscovy duck is considered a delicacy and is also often kept around the house like chickens. The Kari’na and the Warao also recognize the constellation of the Muscovy duck, and at least the Warao one corresponds to the same stars.[3]

Mythology / Religion

All HIP Stars within this constellation

Convex Hull for the stars inside Ifakoya (CC BY Konrad Rybka).
id Label IAU design. description Vmag
1 Kaus Australis HIP 90185 Constellation lines 1.81
2 κ Scorpii HIP 86670 Constellation lines (Vertex) 2.386
3 ι 1 Scorpii HIP 87073 Constellation lines (Vertex) 2.992
4 η Sagittarii HIP 89642 Constellation lines 3.11
5 Meridiana HIP 94114 Constellation lines (Vertex) 4.087
6 β Coronae Australis HIP 94160 Constellation lines (Vertex) 4.095
7 γ 1 Coronae Australis HIP 93825 Inside the hull 4.21
8 * gam CrA A HIP 93825 Constellation lines (Vertex) 4.53
9 δ Coronae Australis HIP 94005 Constellation lines (Vertex) 4.571
10 θ Coronae Australis HIP 90982 Constellation lines 4.614
11 ζ Coronae Australis HIP 93542 Constellation lines (Vertex) 4.725
12 ι 2 Scorpii HIP 87294 Constellation lines 4.803
13 ϵ Coronae Australis HIP 93174 Constellation lines 4.85
14 - HIP 87936 Constellation lines 4.863
15 - HIP 91918 Constellation lines 4.87
16 - HIP 88726 Constellation lines (Vertex) 4.95
17 - HIP 90037 Constellation lines 5.073
18 λ Coronae Australis HIP 91875 Constellation lines 5.111
19 - HIP 90887 Constellation lines 5.155
20 μ Coronae Australis HIP 92226 Constellation lines 5.217
21 - HIP 90200 Constellation lines (Vertex) 5.227
22 77 G. Sgr HIP 91014 Constellation lines (Vertex) 5.276
23 V4050 Sgr HIP 90074 Inside the hull 5.34
24 - HIP 92953 Constellation lines (Vertex) 5.346
25 V686 CrA HIP 92989 Constellation lines 5.38
26 75 G. Sgr HIP 90763 Constellation lines (Vertex) 5.386
27 V718 CrA HIP 91494 Constellation lines 5.425
28 - HIP 91989 Inside the hull 5.439
29 - HIP 89507 Constellation lines (Vertex) 5.451
30 V692 CrA HIP 89290 Constellation lines 5.462
31 60 G. Sgr HIP 90124 Inside the hull 5.518
32 κ 1 Coronae Australis HIP 90968 Constellation lines 5.59
33 - HIP 90541 Inside the hull 5.624
34 CD-43 12272B HR 6750 Inside the hull 5.68
35 - HIP 90842 Constellation lines 5.686
36 V701 CrA HIP 93552 Inside the hull 5.716
37 [SC96] Mis 814 [SC96] Mis 814 Inside the hull 5.72
38 - HIP 89099 Inside the hull 5.845
39 - HIP 87390 Constellation lines 5.958
40 - HIP 90759 Inside the hull 6.018
41 62 G. Sgr HIP 90290 Inside the hull 6.142
42 - HIP 93858 Inside the hull 6.16
43 κ 2 Coronae Australis HIP 90969 Inside the hull 6.169
44 - HIP 93470 Inside the hull 6.209
45 - HIP 90936 Inside the hull 6.217
46 - HIP 93074 Inside the hull 6.284
47 - HIP 89726 Inside the hull 6.29
48 64 G. Sgr HIP 90336 Inside the hull 6.296
49 90 G. Sgr HIP 91901 Inside the hull 6.308
50 - HIP 90597 Inside the hull 6.35
51 - HIP 93371 Inside the hull 6.4
52 * gam CrA B HIP 93825 Inside the hull 6.42
53 - HIP 89920 Inside the hull 6.434
54 - HIP 87865 Constellation lines 6.447
55 - HIP 92608 Inside the hull 6.45
56 - HR 6683 Inside the hull 6.46
57 - HIP 92866 Inside the hull 6.47
58 - HIP 92487 Inside the hull 6.49
59 - HIP 93209 Inside the hull 6.497

IAU Working Group on Star Names

References

  1. ↑ Rybka, Konrad (online). Lokono 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): 706-726.
  2. ↑ Goeje, Claudius Henricus de. 1942. “De Inwijding Tot Medicijnman Bij de Arawakken (Guyana) in Tekst En Mythe.” Bijdragen Tot de Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië 101: 211–76.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Penard, Frederik Paul, and Arthur Philip Penard. 1907. De Menschetende Aanbidders Der Zonneslang. Paramaribo: H.B. Heyde.
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