pair · Delphinus · a plate in Stars
Rotanev · Sualocin
β Del · α Del
First flowering of the star letters. 6 July · 6:00 PM. The looking learned that a catalog can hide a joke, and a joke can still be a true coordinate.
Wit. Names written backward. Nicolaus Venator (Niccolò Cacciatore of Palermo) signed the dolphin by reversing his Latin name.
From the letters
“The stars were calling to me again, whispering gently, Look again.”
Astronomy · astrophysics
- Magnitude
- 3.63 / 3.77
- Distance
- about 101 ly / 241 ly
- Spectrum
- F5 III / B9 IV
- Coordinates
- 20h 40m · +14° 35′
Two named lamps of one small dolphin.
Sualocin is α Delphini; Rotanev is β Delphini. Spectral types F5 III and B9 IV.
Apparent magnitudes about 3.63 and 3.77. Distances about 101 ly and 241 ly.
Delphinus is a small constellation: a compact geometry of five or six lamps.
Historical story · naming
A catalog can hide a name
- Palermo, early 19th centuryNiccolò Cacciatore, in Latin Nicolaus Venator, signed the dolphin by reversing his name. The names entered the catalog as Sualocin and Rotanev. This is documented catalog history, not metaphor.
Living
The first named lights of the letters were a pair that had already been playing with reversal.
Wit arrived before gravity. The Book lets that order stand.
Sources
- SIMBAD
- Palermo Catalogue
- IAU star names
Choir
Rotanev · SualocinSiriusIzar · PulcherrimaThubanCapellaRigelMeropeTolimanM42Jupiter · IoSpicaFomalhautArcturusAlhenaCanopusWorking choir · not a planetarium