If κ Sagittarii is the
'omega' star and its 'alfa' star is Gredi in
Capricornus, then the question must be if there is a
constellation with a last star κ just preceding Sagittarius:
|
Tejat Prior |
κ Aurigae |
|
... |
|
? Sagittarii |
κ
? |
|
Gredi |
κ Sagittarii |
Looking in my star list there is at least one possible answer
- the constellation could be Lyra:
|
Akleel
12 |
13 |
Qalb al
Akraab 1 |
2 |
3 (225) |
4 |
|
December
23 |
X-mas
Eve |
X-mas Day |
26 (360) |
27 |
28 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca10-22
(277) |
Ca10-23 |
Ca10-24 |
Ca10-25 |
Ca10-26 |
Ca10-27 |
|
tupu te raau i vai oka hia |
te
moko |
te
marama |
te kava |
manu kara etahi |
te mauga pu hia |
|
η
Sagittarii (276.9),
Kaus Medius,
κ Lyrae
(277.5) |
Tung Hae
(277.7), Kaus Australis (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4) |
Al
Athfar (278.6), Kaus Borealis (279.3) |
ν
Pavonis (280.4) |
κ Cor.
Austr. (280.9), θ Cor. Austr. (281.0) |
Vega
(281.8) |
|
June 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (180) |
|
Albatain
12 |
13 (40) |
Al
Tuwaibe' 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
Furud (94.9), Tejat
Posterior, Mirzam (95.4) |
Canopus (95.6),
ψ1 Aurigae (95.9) |
no stars listed |
ν
Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5) |
ψ4 Aurigae (100.5) |
|
Tejat Prior |
κ Aurigae |
|
... |
|
η
Sagittarii (?) |
κ
Lyrae (?) |
|
Gredi |
κ Sagittarii |
One might argue that κ
Lyrae is not the last star to rise but the first
star in the constellation. However, as can be seen
in Hevelius' illustration - which normally shows the
constellations from their back sides - the front
wing of the Bird has a mirror position, is at left.
The bird of Lyra has its back side towards us down
on earth and therefore its last star κ is
rising first.
Thus κ Lyrae could
indicate the 'end station' of some great season. 277
days counted from March 21 is the day before
Christmas Eve.
Here Metoro
said tupu te raau i vai oka hia and the new
word oka could be of help:
|
Oka
1. Lever, pole; to dig holes in the
ground with a sharpened stick, as was done in ancient
times to plant vegetables; used generally in the meaning
of making plantations. 2. The four sideways poles
supporting a hare paega. Okaoka, to jab,
to pierce, to prick repeatedly. Vanaga.
Digging stick, stake, joist; to prick,
to pierce, to stick a thing into, to drive into, to
slaughter, to assassinate; kona oka kai,
plantation; pahu oka, a drawer. Okaoka, a
fork, to prick, to dig. Okahia,
to prick. Churchill. |
In G the only instance of a reversed manu
rere is Gb8-5:
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb8-3 |
Gb8-4 |
Gb8-5 |
|
no
stars listed |
|
April 26 |
27 |
28
(118) |
|
Al
Muakhar 8 |
9
(346) |
10 |
|
ω
Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7), Alterf, τ²
Hydrae (143.4) |
ξ Leonis (143.5), A
Hydrae (144.1) |
Ukdah (145.4) |
|
August 11 |
12 |
13
(225) |
|
Murzim 8 |
9 |
10
(89) |
|
The
Knot (Ukdah) |
|