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2. The last part of Scorpius, its 'tail', is in the 18th hour and we therefore now ought to complete our lists with a number of stars in the Scorpion not mentioned in my astronomy book.

Surely people on Easter Island must have been aware of this constellation, which evidently could have played a role similar to that of the Pleiades north of the equator.

To begin with the stars in the 16th hour there are ρ and π:

ρ 15h 56m 53.09s 15h 56.885m 241.8
π 15h 58m 51.12s 15h 58.852m 242.3
Dschubba 16h 00m 20.01s 16h 00.334m 242.7

16th hour:

Nekkar β Bootis 3.49 40° 35′ N 15h 00m 228.3
  π Lupi 3.91 47° 03′ S 15h 02m 228.9
Zuben Hakrabim ν Librae 5.19 16° 04′ S 15h 04m 229.3
  λ Lupi 4.07 45° 17′ S 15h 06m 229.9
  κ Lupi 3.88 48° 44′ S 15h 10m 230.7
  ζ Lupi 3.41 52° 06′ S 15h 10m 230.8
Zuben Elschemali β Librae 2.61 09° 12′ S 15h 14m 231.8
  μ Lupi 4.27 47° 53′ S 15h 16m 232.3
  ο Cor. Borealis 5.51 29° 37′ N 15h 19m 233.0
  δ Lupi 3.22 40° 39′ S 15h 19m 233.1
  φ¹ Lupi 3.57 36° 16′ S 15h 19m 233.2
  ν² Lupi 5.65 48° 19′ S
  ν¹ Lupi 4.99 47° 56′ S 15h 20m 233.3
  ε Lupi 3.37 44° 41′ S 15h 20m 233.4
  φ² Lupi 4.54 36° 52′ S 15h 21m 233.5
Pherkad γ Ursa Minoris 3.00 72° 01′ N 15h 21m 233.6
  η Cor. Borealis 4.99 30° 17′ N 15h 22m 233.8
  υ Lupi 5.36 39° 43′ S 15h 22m 233.9
Alkalurops μ Bootis 4.31 37° 33′ N 15h 23m 234.1
Nusakan β Cor. Borealis 3.66 29° 06′ N 15h 26m 235.0
  θ Cor. Borealis 4.14 31° 22′ N 15h 32m 236.3
  γ Lupi 2.80 41° 10′ S 15h 33m 236.6
Gemma α Cor. Borealis 2.22 26° 53′ N 15h 33m 236.7
Zuben Elakrab γ Librae 3.91 14° 37′ S
  μ Cor. Borealis 5.14 39° 01′ N 15h 34m 236.8
  ω Lupi 4.34 42° 34′ S 15h 36m 237.3
  ψ¹ Lupi 4.66 34° 25′ S 15h 37m 237.7
  ζ Cor. Borealis 4.64 36° 38′ N 15h 38m 237.9
  ψ² Lupi 4.54 36° 52′ S 15h 40m 238.5
  γ Cor. Borealis 3.81 26° 18′ N 15h 41m 238.7
Unuk Elhaia α Serpentis 2.63 06° 15′ N 15h 42m 238.9
  π Cor. Borealis 5.57 32° 31′ N 15h 43m 239.1
  δ Cor. Borealis 4.59 26° 04′ N 15h 48m 240.5
  χ Lupi 3.97 33° 38′ S 15h 49m 240.6
  κ Cor. Borealis 4.79 35° 39′ N 15h 50m 240.9
  ρ Scorpii 3.87 29° 13′ S 15h 53m 241.8
  ξ Lupi 5.14 33° 58′ S 15h 54m 242.1
  λ Cor. Borealis 5.43 37° 57′ N
Vrischika π Scorpii 2.89 26° 07′ S 15h 55m 242.3
  ε Cor. Borealis 4.14 26° 53′ N 15h 56m 242.5
Dschubba δ Scorpii 2.29 22° 19′ S 15h 57m 242.7
  η Lupi 3.42 38° 24′ S 15h 58m 242.9
  ρ Cor. Borealis 5.39 33° 18′ N 16h 00m 243.4
  ι Cor. Borealis 4.98 29° 51′ N 16h 00m 243.5
  θ Lupi 4.22 36° 48′ S 16h 04m 244.5

"Vrishchikam is the first month of kollavarsham, the Malayalam Calendar. This translates to Scorpio in the Western Calendar. Vrischika is also the Hindu astrological sign. Its lord is Mangala or Kuja (equivalent of Mars in Western astrology). Vrischika people are very intense and known to be passionate. Typically very goal oriented and known to be hard on themselves. They can never forget the humiliation or insult caused to them. Outwardly they display absolute control over the emotions. In other words they may be seething inside but outwardly none can suspect anything of that sort." (Wikipedia. See also at Achernar.)

Ga7-7 Ga7-8 Ga7-9 (*242) Ga7-10 (180)
δ Cor. Borealis (239.5), χ Lupi (239.6), κ Cor. Borealis (239.9) ρ Scorpii (240.8), ξ Lupi, λ Cor. Borealis (241.1), Vrischika (241.3)  ε Cor. Borealis (241.5), Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4) ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), Acrab (243.3)
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