2. The stars of
Ophiuchus should be listed:
We need to go back to the 17th
hour for the beginning of the
constellation - notably not at
Ras
Alhague but earlier. Instead we find
Yed Prior (δ)
and Yed Posterior (ε),
a pair of stars not far below
the 0º declination line:
"The traditional
name Yed is derived from
Arabic meaning 'the hand', and
the two stars are the left hand
of Ophiuchus (the Serpent
Bearer) that holds the head of
the serpent, Serpens Caput."
(Wikipedia) I imagine this
'hand' could correspond to the
Mayan Chikin hand
at the horizon in the west or to
the right hand of Blood Moon
receiving the 'saliva' from the
'Old Bone' up it the 'Tree'.
Dschubba |
16h 00m 20.01s |
16h 00.334m |
242.7 |
ψ |
16h 24m 06.20s |
16h 24.103m |
248.7 |
ρ |
16h 25m 35.12s |
16h 25.585m |
249.1 |
χ |
16h 27m 01.44s |
16h 27.024m |
249.5 |
υ |
16h 27m 48.23s |
16h 27.804m |
249.7 |
λ |
16h 30m 54.84s |
16h 30.914m |
250.5 |
φ |
16h 31m 08.39s |
16h 31.140m |
250.5 |
ω |
16h 32m 08.19s |
16h 32.137m |
250.8 |
ζ |
16h 37m 09.53s |
16h 37.159m |
252.0 |
ι |
16h 54m 00.50s |
16h 54.008m |
256.3 |
κ |
16h 57m 40.27s |
16h 57.671m |
257.2 |
17th hour: |
|
ξ Scorpii |
5.07 |
11° 22′ S |
16h 01m |
243.7 |
Acrab |
β Scorpii |
2.56 |
19° 40′ S |
16h 03m |
244.3 |
Jabhat al Akrab |
ω Scorpii |
3.93 |
20° 40′ S |
Rutilicus |
β Herculis |
2.78 |
21° 35′ N |
16h 04m |
244.5 |
Marfik |
κ Herculis |
5.00 |
17° 03′ N |
16h 05m |
244.7 |
|
φ Herculis |
4.23 |
44° 56′ N |
16h 06m |
244.8 |
|
ψ Scorpii |
4.93 |
10° 04′ S |
16h 08m |
245.6 |
Lesath |
ν Scorpii |
4.00 |
19° 20′ S |
16h 09m |
245.8 |
|
χ Scorpii |
5.24 |
11° 50′ S |
16h 10m |
246.1 |
Yed Prior |
δ Ophiuchi |
2.73 |
03° 34′ S |
16h 12m |
246.5 |
Yed Posterior |
ε Ophiuchi |
3.23 |
04° 14′ S |
16h 16m |
247.6 |
Rukbalgethi
Shemali |
τ Herculis |
3.91 |
46° 19′ N |
|
ο Scorpii |
4.55 |
24° 10′ S |
16h 17m |
247.8 |
|
σ Scorpii |
2.90 |
25° 36′ S |
16h 18m |
248.0 |
Hejian |
γ Herculis |
3.74 |
19° 09′ N |
16h 19m |
248.2 |
|
ψ Ophiuchi |
4.48 |
20° 02′ S |
16h
21m |
248.7 |
|
ρ Ophiuchi |
4.57 |
23° 27′ S |
16h
22m |
249.1 |
Kajam |
ω Herculis |
4.57 |
14° 09′ N |
16h 23m |
249.3 |
|
χ Ophiuchi |
4.22 |
18° 27′ S |
16h
24m |
249.5 |
She Low |
υ Ophiuchi |
4.62 |
08° 22′ S |
16h
24m |
249.7 |
Antares |
α Scorpii |
1.06 |
26° 19′ S |
16h 26m |
250.1 |
Marfik |
λ Ophiuchi |
3.82 |
01° 59′ N |
16h
28m |
250.5 |
|
φ Ophiuchi |
4.29 |
16° 37′ S |
16h
28m |
250.5 |
|
ω Ophiuchi |
4.45 |
21° 28′ S |
16h
29m |
250.8 |
|
σ Herculis |
4.20 |
42° 26′ N |
16h 31m |
251.3 |
|
τ Scorpii |
2.82 |
28° 13′ S |
16h 32m |
251.7 |
Han |
ζ Ophiuchi |
2.54 |
10° 34′ S |
16h
34m |
252.0 |
|
ζ Herculis |
2.81 |
31° 36′ N |
16h 38m |
253.1 |
|
η Herculis |
3.48 |
38° 55′ N |
16h 40m |
253.5 |
Wei |
ε Scorpii |
2.29 |
34° 18′ S |
16h 47m |
255.3 |
Denebakrab |
μ Scorpii |
3.00 |
38° 03′ S |
16h 48m |
255.7 |
|
ι Ophiuchi |
4.39 |
10° 10′ N |
16h
50m |
256.3 |
Grafias |
ζ Scorpii |
3.62 |
42° 17′ S |
16h 51m |
256.4 |
|
κ Ophiuchi |
3.19 |
09° 23′ N |
16h 54m |
257.2 |
Cujam |
ε Herculis |
3.92 |
30° 56′ N |
16h 57m |
257.9 |
I have
above listed 12 stars for
Ophiuchus (rising
heliacally in the 17th
hour). 9 of them are
south of the equator and
3 above.
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Ga7-11 |
Ga7-12 |
Ga7-13 (*246) |
Ga7-14 (184) |
Rutilicus (243.5), Marfik Herculis (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8) |
ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath-ν (244.8), χ Scorpii (245.1) |
Yed Prior (245.5) |
Yed Posterior, RukbalgethiShemali (246.6), ο Scorpii (246.8), σ Scorpii (247.0), Hejian (247.2) |
16h (243½) |
'November 21 |
'22 (326) |
'23 |
"September 18 |
"19 |
"20 |
"21 (264) |
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Ga7-15 |
Ga7-16 (*249) |
Ga7-17 (187) |
ψ Ophiuchi (247.7),
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), Kajam (248.3) |
χ Ophiuchi (248.5),
She Low (248.7), Antares (249.1) |
Marfik,
φ Ophiuchi (249.5),
ω Ophiuchi (249.8), σ Herculis (250.3) |
'November 24 |
'25 (329) |
'26 |
"September 22 |
'23 |
'24 (267) |
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|
Ga7-18 |
Ga7-19 |
Ga7-20 (*253) |
Ga7-21 (191) |
τ Scorpii (250.7), Han (251.0) |
ζ Herculis (252.1) |
η Herculis (252.5) |
Wei (254.3), Denebakrab (254.7) |
'November 27 |
'28 |
'29 (333) |
'30 |
"September 25 |
"26 |
"27 |
"28 (271) |
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|
Ga7-22 |
Ga7-23 (*256) |
Ga7-24 (194) |
ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) |
κ Ophiuchi (256.2) |
Cujam (256.9) |
'December 1 |
'2 (336) |
'3 |
"September 29 |
"30 |
"October 1 (274) |
"Marfic, or Marfik, is from the similar Arabic Al Marfiķ, the Elbow, which it marks.
Bayer, Burritt, and probably others have it Marsic, doubtless from confounding the antique forms of the letters f and s.
This same title appears for κ Herculis." (Allen)
I have changed my Marfik at tamaiti in Ga7-11 to Marfik Herculis. The probably important cardinal glyph Ga7-17 exhibits a pair of elbows. Allen again:
"υ, a 4½-magnitude, was She Low, a Market Tower ..."
"ζ, 2.8, near the left knee, was the Chinese Han, an old feudal state."
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