Talk:Delphinus

Pronunciation

I have never heard it pronounced the way stated. It's DELL-fin-us, DELL-fin-ee 'dɛl.fɪn.ɘs, -i: at least in the UK. Walshie79 (talk) 22:52, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Possible Nova

Hi all, I am seeing reports that a star near/in Delphinus has gone nova. It is designated PNVJ20233073+2046041. iac74205 (talk) 04:27, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Age?

What is the age of the star called delphinus?

There's no such star. Delphinus is a constellation. Said: Rursus 15:06, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

Delphinus (constellation) → Delphinus: Delphinus redirects to Delphinus (constellation) anyhoo.—jiy (talk) 10:46, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Voting

Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional explanation, then sign your vote with ~~~~

• Support—jiy (talk) 10:46, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support. Passing primary disambs thru redirs is a waste. Waterguy 20:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Discussion

===Result===

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. WhiteNight ^{T | @ | C} 03:37, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

how

how many star are in the constellation delphinus????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.70.247.24 (talk) 19:11, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Delphinus, Sagitta, Aquila, and Antinous.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Delphinus, Sagitta, Aquila, and Antinous.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on February 4, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-02-04. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:57, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Picture of the day

A plate from Urania's Mirror depicting the constellations Delphinus (the dolphin), Sagitta (the arrow), and Aquila (the eagle), as well as the former constellation Antinous (according to legend, a young man who saved Hadrian from drowning).Illustration: Sidney Hall; restoration: Adam Cuerden

Proposed image addition: NOIRLab annotated chart of Delphinus

Hello, I am affiliated with NOIRLab and would like to propose the following addition for community review. This is an additive proposal: the existing naked-eye photograph (File:DelphinusCC.jpg) would remain exactly where it is. The annotated chart would be placed immediately above it in the Features section, so readers see both — the naked-eye view and the labeled identification chart — in the same place.

• Proposed change: Add an annotated wide-field image of Delphinus at the top of the Features section, directly above the existing File:DelphinusCC.jpg.
• Image: File:Delphinus (Annotated) (delphinus-ann).tiff
• Suggested caption: The constellation Delphinus showing the IAU boundaries, the constellation stick figure, and labels for its brightest stars. Astrophotograph by Eckhard Slawik, from NOIRLab's 88 Constellations project.
• Placement: Layout A — the annotated chart is added as a new |left=-floated thumb at the top of the Features section, immediately above the existing File:DelphinusCC.jpg. The existing naked-eye photograph stays in place untouched. The two images serve different reader needs: the existing one conveys the visual impression of the constellation as the eye sees it, while the annotated one provides an identification reference with IAU boundaries, the dolphin stick figure, and labeled stars (Sualocin, Rotanev, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta). The Stars subsection has enough prose — covering Alpha through Zeta Delphini, Rho Aquilae, HR Delphini, V339 Delphini, and Musica — to comfortably accommodate both images without crowding.
• Justification: The article currently identifies the brightest stars and the "Job's Coffin" asterism in prose, but offers no labeled visual to help readers match those names to positions on the sky. The annotated chart fills that gap directly. It illustrates the IAU boundaries that the Characteristics section describes textually, and the stick figure and star labels that the Stars subsection discusses. Both images together give readers what neither alone provides.
• License: CC BY 4.0 (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, astrophotograph by Eckhard Slawik)

Here is the exact wikitext to insert at the top of the Features section, immediately above the existing Image:DelphinusCC.jpg|... line:

The constellation Delphinus showing the IAU boundaries, the constellation stick figure, and labels for its brightest stars. Astrophotograph by Eckhard Slawik, from NOIRLab's 88 Constellations project.

I welcome any feedback. If a reviewer prefers different wording for the caption, I am happy to adjust it. If a reviewer prefers a <ref /> citation to the NOIRLab page rather than an inline external link in the caption, I am happy to make that change. And if the community would prefer the article as it currently stands, I will withdraw the proposal entirely. Thank you for taking the time to review. Marcodatadev (talk) 20:59, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Done DiscoursesonLivvy (talk · contribs) 14:52, 16 May 2026 (UTC)