Now we can try with Fum
al Samakah (β
Piscium) as the star 0º
of Ibn 'Arab:
Saad Balaa 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (293) |
March 2 |
3 (63) |
4 (429) |
5 |
|
|
|
|
Ca13-4 |
Ca13-5 (348) |
Ca13-6 |
Ca13-7 (350) |
tagata ma te kihikihi |
koia ra kua oho |
manu rere |
τ Aquarii (345.7), μ Pegasi (345.9), ι
Cephei (346.0), γ Piscis Austrini, σ
Pegasi, λ Aquarii (346.5) |
Scheat Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi
(347.2), δ Piscis Austrini (347.4) |
Fomalhaut (347.8),
Fum al Samakah (348.3) |
Scheat Pegasi, π Piscis Austrini
(349.3), Markab Pegasi (349.5) |
September 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (248) |
Alterf 4 |
5 (140) |
6 |
7 |
no star
listed |
Alkes
(165.6), Merak (166.2) |
11h (167.4) |
no star
listed |
Dubhe (166.7) |
4°17'09" (the star of the 2nd
Spout) = 4.286º and
4.286 * 365¼ / 360 = 4.3 days after 348.3, which
results in RA day 352.6.
And
17°08'34" (the star of the Belly of the Fish) = 17.143º and
17.143 * 365¼ / 360 = 17.4 or RA day 348.3 + 17.4 = 365.7.
Ibn 'Arab: |
28 * 12.857º |
= 360.00º |
= 364 days |
12.857º |
= 13 / 364 * 360º |
= 364 / 28 = 13 days |
φ
Aquarii
(21.428º) -
Sadachbia (8.571º) |
= 12.857º = 13 days |
Al Batn al Hut (17.143º)
- Al Fargh al Thani (4.286º) |
= 12.857º = 13 days |
Al Fargh al Thani |
4.286º / 360º * 365¼ = 4.3 days |
Al Batn al Hut |
17.143º / 360º * 365¼ = 17.4 days |
Clearly Simma (γ
Piscium) could be the 2nd Spout, 348.3 + 4.3 = 351.7 + 0.9:
Saad Balaa 9 |
10 (295) |
11 |
March 6 |
7 (432) |
8 (68) |
|
|
|
Ca13-8 (351) |
Ca13-9 |
Ca13-10 |
kua moe koia i toona
tahoga kua pu |
haki pu |
ka pu era |
23h (350.0) |
π Cephei (350.6) |
Simmah (351.7),
φ Aquarii (352.0),
ψ Aquarii (352.4) |
no star listed |
September 6 |
7 (250) |
8 |
Alterf 8 |
9 (144) |
10 |
Al Sharas
(168.6), Zosma (169.2), Coxa (169.4) |
Alula
(170.5) |
Labrum
(170.6) |
Manzil |
Begins on |
Number of
days |
Stars |
20 |
Al Na'am,
The Ostriches |
16 Jan (381) |
13 |
257 |
Ascella &
Nunki (ζ, ς Sagittarii) |
287.9, 288.4 |
21 |
Al Baldah,
The City |
29 Jan (394) |
13 |
270 |
Al Baldah (π
Sagittarii) |
290.1 |
22 |
Al Sa'ad
al Dabih, The Fortune of the Slayers |
11 Febr
(407) |
15 |
285 |
Dabih (β
Capricorni) |
308.1 |
23 |
Al Sa'ad
al Bula,
The Fortune
of the Swallower |
26 Febr
(422) |
13 |
298 |
Albali (ε
Aquarii) |
314.8 |
24 |
Al Sa'ad
al Su'ud, The Fortune
of the Fortunate |
11 March
(435) |
13 |
311 |
Sadalsud (β
Aquarii) |
325.9 |
25 |
Al Sa'ad
al Ahbiyah, The Fortune of the Hidden |
24 March
(448) |
13 |
324 |
Sadachbia (γ
Aquarii) |
338.6 |
26 |
Al Fargh
al Mukdim, The First Spout |
6 April
(461) |
13 |
337 |
φ Aquarii |
352.0 |
27 |
Al Fargh
al Thani, The Second Spout |
19 April
(474) |
13 |
350 |
Simmah (γ
Piscium) |
351.7 |
28 |
Al Batn
al Hut, The Belly of the Fish |
2 May (487) |
15 |
365 |
17°08'34"
Pisces |
|
The star of the 2nd Spout (351.7) occurs practically at the same
time as the star of the 1st Spout (352.0).
Counting according to Ibn 'Arab the
1st Spout could have been at 351.6 =
338.6 (Sadachbia) + 12.857º
/ 360º * 364.
But to reach the star at the Belly of the Fish
we have to look for some star rising 351.6 + 13.0 - 362.4 (ω)
= ca
2.2 days
later than
ω, some star without a Greek
letter:
Looking again in Wikipedia I can find the
following stars:
ω
Piscium |
23h 59m 18.60s |
23h 59.310m |
06° 52′ N |
363.4 |
4.03 |
29
Piscium |
00h 01m 49.44s |
00h 01.824m |
03° 02′ S |
364.0 |
5.13 |
30
Piscium |
00h 01m 57.59s |
00h 01.960m |
06° 01′ S |
364.1 |
4.37 |
31 Piscium |
00h 02m 24.17s |
00h 02.403m |
08° 57′ N |
364.2 |
6.33 |
32
Piscium |
00h 02m 29.76s |
00h 02.496m |
08° 29′ N |
364.2 |
5.70 |
HD 6 Piscium |
00h 05m 03.80s |
00h 05.063m |
00° 30′ S |
364.9 |
6.32 |
33
Piscium |
00h 05m 20.15s |
00h 05.336m |
05° 42′ S |
364.9 |
4.61 |
4 Cet |
00h 07m 44.10s |
00h 07.735m |
02° 33′ S |
365.5 |
6.43 |
5 Cet |
00h 08m 12.09s |
00h 08.202m |
02° 27′ S |
365.7 |
6.18 |
34
Piscium |
00h 10m 02.18s |
00h 10.036m |
11° 09′ N |
366.1 |
5.54 |
HD
refers to the Henry Draper Catalogue and Cet is the
abbreviation for Cetus - modern man has changed the borders
between the constellations. I
have black-marked stars with a very low visual magnitude,
suggesting we can disregard them.
Looking at the star chart there appears to be only one
reasonable alternative, viz. the faint speck slightly later
and above ω. If this is
correct, then we can elmininate those stars which are below
the equator and then there are only 32 and 34 to choose
between. However, although 34 Piscium is closer to the
target RA date 365.6 this star is too high up:
ω
Piscium |
23h 59m 18.60s |
23h 59.310m |
06° 52′ N |
363.4 |
4.03 |
32
Piscium |
00h 02m 29.76s |
00h 02.496m |
08° 29′ N |
364.2 |
5.70 |
?
Piscium |
|
|
|
365.6 |
|
34
Piscium |
00h 10m 02.18s |
00h 10.036m |
11° 09′ N |
366.1 |
5.54 |
There are only 0.8
days from ω instead of the expected 2.2.
363.2 (32) - 13.0
= 350.2.
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