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3. Furthermore, the distance from Aldebaran to Antares can be subdivided into 73 + 108 days by Alphard - given that we count glyphs:
But if we use the current right ascension values 143.3 - 69.2 = 74.1 and 250.1 - 143.3 = 106.8. Therefore the nose of the Lion is a better choice: 142.6 - 69.2 = 73.4 and 250.1 - 142.6 = 107.5.
Maybe Alphard was defined to be at Ga3-19 after all. We know the distance from Aldebaran to Antares is not constant (cfr at Camp 9) and earlier, about 1300 years ago, when the distance was 180 days Alphard may have subdivided it into 72 + 108 days. However, it is too much work to now investigate what proper motion Alphard has and how this star may have subdivided the distance from Aldebaran to Antares in ancient times. If we add a quarter to 143 it becomes 234 which points at a day close to the end of July, or about 50 days after midsummer (north of the equator)
To be more precise: Counting from winter solstice (356) day number 143 beyond spring equinox (89) is day number 89 + 143 = 232 (= 181 + 51). Counting from January 1 it is day number 80 + 143 = 223 (= 172 + 51). It would have been nice if Alphard had been at day number 144 = 12 * 12 because then it would have risen heliacally 52 days beyond midsummer (respectively winter solstice south of the equator). Number 52 (= 4 * 13) is the position of Procyon counted from the beginning of side a:
78 = 52 + 26 = 6 * 13. A quarter of the solar year is ca 91 = 7 * 13 days and a year is ca 28 * 13 days. The border between Cancer and Leo is located about 26 days beyond Procyon, ca 54 days beyond Betelgeuze, and around 12 * 12 = 144 days from equinox:
91 + 28 + 25 = 144. |
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