Muning - Revision history

Sushoff at 05:08, 2 July 2026

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	[[File:Muning b.jpg\|thumb\|"Muning" in a Wardaman star map (CC BY Cairns and Harney 2004).~~<ref name=":0" />~~]]		[[File:Muning b.jpg\|thumb\|"Muning" in a Wardaman star map (CC BY Cairns and Harney 2004).]]
	"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, ~~2004~~,<ref name=":0">Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (~~2004~~) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 144 and 200).		"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, 2003,<ref name=":0">Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 144 and 200).

	Cairns & Harney (~~2004~~,<ref name=":0" /> p.110): <blockquote>"The other two stars seen in Serpens Caput are Muning, the Small Rock Cod, also to do with rebirth - and the Wulanggman Mungamunga Spiritual Women themselves. These important Spirituals and their places in the night Sky are said to abound in the rock ant sites in Wardaman lands below, and the meeting places which make Corona Borealis outstanding in the night sky are also presented in the cultural landscape down below. The practical way that Bill Yidumduma Harney has the observation of animals meeting linked with the geography of his land and the ancestral Dreaming Creation is clear with the ancestral stories about and importance of this Northern Crown."</blockquote>		Cairns & Harney (2003,<ref name=":0" /> p.110): <blockquote>"The other two stars seen in Serpens Caput are Muning, the Small Rock Cod, also to do with rebirth - and the Wulanggman Mungamunga Spiritual Women themselves. These important Spirituals and their places in the night Sky are said to abound in the rock ant sites in Wardaman lands below, and the meeting places which make Corona Borealis outstanding in the night sky are also presented in the cultural landscape down below. The practical way that Bill Yidumduma Harney has the observation of animals meeting linked with the geography of his land and the ancestral Dreaming Creation is clear with the ancestral stories about and importance of this Northern Crown."</blockquote>

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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Etymology and History

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	[[File:Muning b.jpg\|thumb\|"Muning" in a Wardaman star map (CC BY Cairns and Harney 2004).]]		[[File:Muning b.jpg\|thumb\|"Muning" in a Wardaman star map (CC BY Cairns and Harney 2004).<ref name=":0" />]]
	"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, ~~2003~~,<ref name=":0">Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (~~2003~~) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 144 and 200).		"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, 2004,<ref name=":0">Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2004) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 144 and 200).

	Cairns & Harney (~~2003~~,<ref name=":0" /> p.110): <blockquote>"The other two stars seen in Serpens Caput are Muning, the Small Rock Cod, also to do with rebirth - and the Wulanggman Mungamunga Spiritual Women themselves. These important Spirituals and their places in the night Sky are said to abound in the rock ant sites in Wardaman lands below, and the meeting places which make Corona Borealis outstanding in the night sky are also presented in the cultural landscape down below. The practical way that Bill Yidumduma Harney has the observation of animals meeting linked with the geography of his land and the ancestral Dreaming Creation is clear with the ancestral stories about and importance of this Northern Crown."</blockquote>		Cairns & Harney (2004,<ref name=":0" /> p.110): <blockquote>"The other two stars seen in Serpens Caput are Muning, the Small Rock Cod, also to do with rebirth - and the Wulanggman Mungamunga Spiritual Women themselves. These important Spirituals and their places in the night Sky are said to abound in the rock ant sites in Wardaman lands below, and the meeting places which make Corona Borealis outstanding in the night sky are also presented in the cultural landscape down below. The practical way that Bill Yidumduma Harney has the observation of animals meeting linked with the geography of his land and the ancestral Dreaming Creation is clear with the ancestral stories about and importance of this Northern Crown."</blockquote>

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

Sushoff at 15:36, 1 July 2026

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
			[[File:Muning b.jpg\|thumb\|"Muning" in a Wardaman star map (CC BY Cairns and Harney 2004).]]
	"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, 2003,<ref name=":0">Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 144 and 200).		"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, 2003,<ref name=":0">Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 144 and 200).

Sushoff at 07:58, 1 July 2026

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	[[File:Lotella rhacina.jpg\|thumb\|A Beardie (''Lotella rhacina''). Blue Fish Point, Sydney, NSW (CC BY Richard Ling).]]		[[File:Lotella rhacina.jpg\|thumb\|A Beardie (''Lotella rhacina''). Blue Fish Point, Sydney, NSW (CC BY Richard Ling).]]
	Muning is a name for two stars (γ and β Ser) in [[Serpens]] from the Australian Wardaman people.		Muning is a name for two stars (γ and β Ser) in [[Serpens]] from the Australian Wardaman people.

			Since 2026, it is an IAU-star name for γ Ser, approved by the Wardaman Elders.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

Sushoff at 07:55, 1 July 2026

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, 2003,<ref name=":0">Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 200)		"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, 2003,<ref name=":0">Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 144 and 200).

	Cairns & Harney (2003,<ref name=":0" /> p.110): <blockquote>"The other two stars seen in Serpens Caput are Muning, the Small Rock Cod, also to do with rebirth - and the Wulanggman Mungamunga Spiritual Women themselves. These important Spirituals and their places in the night Sky are said to abound in the rock ant sites in Wardaman lands below, and the meeting places which make Corona Borealis outstanding in the night sky are also presented in the cultural landscape down below. The practical way that Bill Yidumduma Harney has the observation of animals meeting linked with the geography of his land and the ancestral Dreaming Creation is clear with the ancestral stories about and importance of this Northern Crown."</blockquote>		Cairns & Harney (2003,<ref name=":0" /> p.110): <blockquote>"The other two stars seen in Serpens Caput are Muning, the Small Rock Cod, also to do with rebirth - and the Wulanggman Mungamunga Spiritual Women themselves. These important Spirituals and their places in the night Sky are said to abound in the rock ant sites in Wardaman lands below, and the meeting places which make Corona Borealis outstanding in the night sky are also presented in the cultural landscape down below. The practical way that Bill Yidumduma Harney has the observation of animals meeting linked with the geography of his land and the ancestral Dreaming Creation is clear with the ancestral stories about and importance of this Northern Crown."</blockquote>

Sushoff at 07:54, 1 July 2026

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	[[Category:Star Name‏‎]] [[Category:Oceania]]		[[Category:Star Name‏‎]] [[Category:IAU-Star Name‏‎]]
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	[[Category:Australia_and_New_Zealand‏‎]][[Category:Australia]]		[[Category:Australia_and_New_Zealand‏‎]][[Category:Australia]]
	[[Category:Wardaman]]		[[Category:Wardaman]]
	[[Category:Ser]]		[[Category:Ser]]

YoulaAzkarrula at 06:27, 8 June 2026

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			Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:Lotella rhacina.jpg\|thumb\|A Beardie (''Lotella rhacina''). Blue Fish Point, Sydney, NSW (CC BY Richard Ling).]]		[[File:Lotella rhacina.jpg\|thumb\|A Beardie (''Lotella rhacina''). Blue Fish Point, Sydney, NSW (CC BY Richard Ling).]]
	Muning is a name for two stars (γ and β Ser) in [[Serpens]] from the Australian Wardaman people.		Muning is a name for two stars (γ and β Ser) in [[Serpens]] from the Australian Wardaman people.
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	[[Category:Australia_and_New_Zealand‏‎]]		[[Category:Australia_and_New_Zealand‏‎]][[Category:Australia]]
	[[Category:Wardaman]]		[[Category:Wardaman]]
	[[Category:Ser]]		[[Category:Ser]]

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	[[Category:Australia_and_New_Zealand‏‎]]		[[Category:Australia_and_New_Zealand‏‎]]
	[[Category:Wardaman]]		[[Category:Wardaman]]
	[[Category:Ser]]		[[Category:Ser]]

Ericmamajek: /* IAU Working Group on Star Names */

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IAU Working Group on Star Names

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	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
	The name was discussed ~~and approved~~ by ~~the~~ IAU WGSN in 2018~~. Gamma Serpentis (γ Ser) does not have~~ a ~~proper name in [http://simbad~~.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=gam+Ser SIMBAD], the Bright Star Catalog (4th, 5th editions), the [[wikipedia:Gamma_Serpentis\|wikipedia]] or Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). see also http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/gammaser.html		The name was discussed by IAU WGSN in 2018, however no action was taken in adopting it for a given star. WGSN may revisit the name in a future meeting.

	~~Decision:~~ WGSN ~~chose ... (not to apply/ to apply~~ the name to a ~~neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN~~.


			Gamma Serpentis (γ Ser) does not have a proper name in [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=gam+Ser SIMBAD], the Bright Star Catalog (4th, 5th editions), the [[wikipedia:Gamma_Serpentis\|wikipedia]] or Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). see also http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/gammaser.html
	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

Sushoff at 07:46, 1 October 2025

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	Muning is a name for stars in [[Serpens]] from the Australian Wardaman people.		[[File:Lotella rhacina.jpg\|thumb\|A Beardie (''Lotella rhacina''). Blue Fish Point, Sydney, NSW (CC BY Richard Ling).]]
			Muning is a name for two stars (γ and β Ser) in [[Serpens]] from the Australian Wardaman people.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
			"Muning" is the Wardaman name, meaning "the Small Rock Cod" (Cairns & Harney, 2003,<ref name=":0">Cairns, H. and Harney, B.Y. (2003) Dark Sparklers - Yidumduma's Aboriginal Astronomy. H.C. Cairns, Merimbula, NSW</ref> p. 200)

			Cairns & Harney (2003,<ref name=":0" /> p.110): <blockquote>"The other two stars seen in Serpens Caput are Muning, the Small Rock Cod, also to do with rebirth - and the Wulanggman Mungamunga Spiritual Women themselves. These important Spirituals and their places in the night Sky are said to abound in the rock ant sites in Wardaman lands below, and the meeting places which make Corona Borealis outstanding in the night sky are also presented in the cultural landscape down below. The practical way that Bill Yidumduma Harney has the observation of animals meeting linked with the geography of his land and the ancestral Dreaming Creation is clear with the ancestral stories about and importance of this Northern Crown."</blockquote>

	==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 2018.		The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2018. Gamma Serpentis (γ Ser) does not have a proper name in [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=gam+Ser SIMBAD], the Bright Star Catalog (4th, 5th editions), the [[wikipedia:Gamma_Serpentis\|wikipedia]] or Kunitzsch & Smart (2006). see also http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/gammaser.html

	~~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.		Decision: WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.