2. Let's begin by listing all the main stars of Lepus and Columba. There are none before 5h and only a few beyond 6h, and these last we will save until later.
With main stars I here mean those which are needed for drawing the outline figures in the star charts which I have copied from Wikipedia. These correspond to the outline stars in my astronomy book, with a few rather rare exceptions.
I can find data for the position of Nihal (β Leporis) in my astronomy book, but for the rest I have to use Wikipeida:
α Leporis |
2.58 |
34º 06' S |
05h 32m 43.81s |
05h 32.730m |
492.0 |
ε Leporis |
3.19 |
22° 22′ S |
05h 05m 27.65s |
05h 05.461m |
485.0 |
μ Leporis |
3.29 |
16° 12′ S |
05h 12m 55.87s |
05h 12.429m |
486.6 |
ĸ Leporis |
4.36 |
12° 56′ S |
05h 13m 13.89s |
05h 13.232m |
487.0 |
λ Leporis |
4.29 |
13° 11′ S |
05h 19m 34.53s |
05h 19.576m |
488.6 |
γ Leporis |
3.59 |
22° 27′ S |
05h 44m 27.97s |
05h 44.466m |
494.9 |
ζ Leporis |
3.55 |
14° 49′ S |
05h 46m 57.35s |
05h 46.956m |
495.6 |
δ Leporis |
3.76 |
20° 52′ S |
05h 51m 19.15s |
05h 51.319m |
496.7 |
η Leporis |
3.71 |
14° 10′ S |
05h 56m 24.32s |
05h 56.405m |
498.0 |
α Columbae |
2.65 |
34º 06' S |
05h 39m 38.94s |
05h 39.649m |
493.7 |
ε Columbae |
3.86 |
35° 28′ S |
05h 31m 12.74s |
05h 31.212m |
491.6 |
β Columbae |
3.12 |
35° 46′ S |
05h 50m 57.55s |
05h 50.959m |
496.6 |
γ Columbae |
4.36 |
35° 17′ S |
05h 57m 32.21s |
05h 57.537m |
498.3 |
η Columbae |
3.96 |
42° 49′ S |
05h 59m 08.79s |
05h 59.147m |
498.7 |
Hassaleh |
ι Aurigae |
2.69 |
33° 05′ N |
04h 54m |
74.6 |
482.6 |
Almaaz |
ε Aurigae |
3.03 |
43° 49′ N |
04h 59m |
75.7 |
483.7 |
Haedus I |
ζ Aurigae |
3.69 |
41° 05′ N |
04h 59m |
75.8 |
483.8 |
Haedus II |
η Aurigae |
3.18 |
41° 14′ N |
05h 03m |
76.9 |
484.9 |
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ε Leporis |
3.19 |
22° 22′ S |
05h 04m |
77.0 |
485.0 |
Cursa |
β Eridani |
2.78 |
05° 09′ S |
05h 05m |
77.4 |
485.4 |
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λ Eridani |
4.25 |
08° 45′ S |
05h 06m |
77.7 |
485.7 |
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μ Leporis |
3.29 |
16° 12′ S |
05h 10m |
78.6 |
486.6 |
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ĸ Leporis |
4.36 |
12° 56′ S |
05h 11m |
79.0 |
487.0 |
Rigel |
β Orionis |
0.18 |
08° 15′ S |
05h 12m |
79.1 |
487.1 |
Capella |
α Aurigae |
0.08 |
45° 57′ N |
05h 13m |
79.4 |
487.4 |
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λ Leporis |
4.29 |
13° 11′ S |
05h 18m |
80.6 |
488.6 |
Saif al Jabbar |
η Orionis |
3.35 |
02° 24′ S |
05h 22m |
81.7 |
489.7 |
Bellatrix |
γ Orionis |
1.64 |
06° 18′ N |
05h 22m |
81.7 |
489.7 |
Elnath |
β Tauri |
1.65 |
28º 34' N |
05h 23m |
81.9 |
489.9 |
Nihal |
β Leporis |
2.81 |
20º 48' S |
05h 26m |
82.7 |
490.7 |
Mintaka |
δ Orionis |
2.25 |
00° 20′ S |
05h 29m |
83.4 |
491.4 |
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ε Columbae |
3.86 |
35° 28′ S |
05h 30m |
83.6 |
491.6 |
Arneb |
α Leporis |
2.58 |
17º 51' S |
05h 31m |
84.0 |
492.0 |
Heka |
λ Orionis |
3.39 |
09° 54′ N |
05h 32m |
84.2 |
492.2 |
Hatysa |
ι Orionis |
2.75 |
05° 05′ S |
05h 33m |
84.5 |
492.5 |
Alnilam |
ε Orionis |
1.69 |
01° 14′ S |
05h 34m |
84.7 |
492.7 |
Heavenly Gate |
ζ Tauri |
2.97 |
21° 09′ N |
05h 35m |
85.0 |
493.0 |
Alnitak |
ζ Orionis |
1.74 |
01° 58′ S |
05h 38m |
85.7 |
493.7 |
Phakt |
α Columbae |
2.65 |
34º 06' S |
05h 38m |
85.7 |
493.7 |
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γ Leporis |
3.59 |
22° 27′ S |
05h 43m |
86.9 |
494.9 |
Saiph |
κ Orionis |
2.07 |
09° 41′ S |
05h 45m |
87.5 |
495.5 |
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ζ Leporis |
3.55 |
14° 49′ S |
05h 45m |
87.6 |
495.6 |
Wezn |
β Columbae |
3.12 |
35° 46′ S |
05h 49m |
88.6 |
496.6 |
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δ Leporis |
3.76 |
20° 52′ S |
05h 50m |
88.7 |
496.7 |
Betelgeuze |
α Orionis |
0.58 |
07° 24′ N |
05h 52m |
89.3 |
497.3 |
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η Leporis |
3.71 |
14° 10′ S |
05h 55m |
90.0 |
498.0 |
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γ Columbae |
4.36 |
35° 17′ S |
05h 56m |
90.3 |
498.3 |
Praja-pāti |
δ Aurigae |
3.72 |
54° 17′ N |
05h 56m |
90.3 |
498.3 |
Menkalinan |
β Aurigae |
1.90 |
44° 57′ N |
Mahashim |
θ Aurigae |
2.65 |
37° 13′ N |
|
η Columbae |
3.96 |
42° 49′ S |
05h 58m |
90.7 |
498.7 |
To simplify matters I have decided to no longer keep the column based on 360 days instead of 365¼.
Names for individual stars are mostly no longer to be found, and I can mention only Wezn (β Columbae):
"Wezn, or Wazn, is from Al Wazn, Weight." (Allen)
Stars far down must be heavy because they have sunken so low. Wezn is the brightest of all the 8 + 4 = 12 stars which I have added above. I have avoided Chinese names, e.g.:
"In China they [α, β, v², ε, θ, and ĸ Columbae] were Sun, the Child; λ being Tsze, a Son; and the nearby small stars, She, the Secretions." (Allen)
In the G text we can locate these 12 stars too:
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Ga1-11 (484) |
Ga1-12 (485) |
Almaaz (483.7), Haedus I (483.8) |
Haedus II (484.9), ε Leporis, Cursa (485.4) |
End (tagata) |
Beginning (hanau) |
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Ga1-13 |
Ga1-14 (487) |
λ (485.7) |
Rigel (487.1), Capella (487.4), μ and ĸ Leporis |
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Ga1-15 (*80) |
Ga1-16 |
Ga1-17 |
Ga1-18 |
Ga1-19 (492) |
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Bellatrix (489.7), Saif al Jabbar (489.7), λ Leporis |
Elnath (489.9) |
Nihal (490.7), Mintaka (491.4) |
Arneb (492.0), Heka (492.2), Hatysa (492.5), ε Columbae |
Rahu |
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Ga1-20 (493) |
Ga1-21 |
Alnilam (492.7), Heavenly Gate (493.0) |
Alnitak (493.7), Phakt (493.7) |
'Pyramid of Khafre' |
'Pyramid of Khufu' |
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Ga1-22 |
Ga1-23 (496) |
Ga1-24 (*89) |
Ga1-25 |
Ga1-26 (*91) |
Saiph (495.5), γ and ζ Leporis |
Wezn (496.6), Betelgeuze (497.3), δ Leporis |
Praja-pāti, Menkalinan, and Mahashim (498.3), η Leporis, γ and η Columbae |
Atariki |
But I cannot see any obvious value in having stars without names in my G text tables - with one exception, viz. λ Eridani, which we have discussed earlier.
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