Unurgunite

Canis Major · σ CMa · HR 2646

HIP33856
Visual magnitude3.49
Right ascension (J2000)105.43°
Declination (J2000)-27.9348°
WDS J07017-2756
IAU adoption2017/09/05

Name origin

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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