Otchocut

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Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula

File:Photo of the constellation Delphinus produced by NOIRLab in collaboration with Eckhard Slawik, a German astrophotographer (delphinus).tiff
photo of Delphinus, Eckhard Slawik

Otchocut, The Great Fish, is an Australian name for the asterism of Delphinus from the Boorong people.[1][2]

Etymology and History

Mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was discussed by the IAU WGSN in 2025. This refers to stars in Delphinus in the collective. We cannot apply it to a singular star name.

Reference

  1. ↑ Stanbridge (1861). On the Aborigines of Victoria, Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, Vol. 1.
  2. ↑ Hamacher, Duane W. and Frew, David J. (2010). Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 13, No. 3, p. 220-234.
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