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Unurgunite

σ CMa HR 2646 HIP 33856 magnitude 3,49

Unurgunite is the Boorong/Wergaia name of σ CMa, from northwestern Victoria, Australia. Unurgunite is an ancestral jacky lizard who has two wives, represented by stars on either side of him (δ CMa and ε CMa). The Moon …

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Astronomia

Informação oficial da IAU

Designação

HR 2646

HIP

33856

ID de Bayer

σ CMa

Magnitude visual

3,49

Ascensão reta (J2000)

105,43°

Declinação (J2000)

-27,9348°

Adoção pela IAU

2017/09/05

Origem do nome

Unurgunite is the Boorong/Wergaia name of σ CMa, from northwestern Victoria, Australia. Unurgunite is an ancestral jacky lizard who has two wives, represented by stars on either side of him (δ CMa and ε CMa). The Moon is Mityan, the quoll. Mityan fell in love with one of the wives of Unurgunite and tried to lure her away. Unurgunite discovered Mityan’s trickery and attacked him, leading to a great fight in which Mityan was defeated. The Moon has been wandering the heavens ever since, the scars of the battle still visible on his face as maria. One of the wives (δ CMa) lies further away from Unurgunite and is closer to the Moon than the other wife (ε CMa). This is the wife Mityan tried to lure away.

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