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We can then try to count backwards from 13 Te Hereke (at ο Ophiuchi) to 1 Apina Iti - assuming that each station was corresponding to approximately 6 right ascension days:

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1 Ko Apina Iti

2 Ko Hanga O Uo

3 Hanga Roa

4 Okahu

5 Ra Tahai

6 Ahu Akapu

7 Kihikihi Rau Mea

8 Renga A Tini

9 Vai A Mei

10 Rua A Ngau

11 Roro Hau

12 Vai Poko

13 Ko Te Hereke

(13 - 1) * 6 = 72 and *261 - *72 = *189 = *6 + *183:

... Whittier said, in his Cry of a Lost Soul: 'The Cross of pardon lights the tropic skies'; which is correct for our day, as it is not now entirely visible above 27º 30' of north latitude. It was last seen on the horizon of Jerusalem - 31º 46' 45'' - about the time that Christ was crucified. But 3000 years previously all its stars were 7º above the horizon of the savages along the shores of the Baltic Sea, in latitude 52º 30' ... Von Humboldt adds: The two great stars, which marks the summit and the foot of the Cross, having nearly the same right ascension, it follows that the constellation is almost perpendicular at the moment when it passes the meridian. This circumstance is known to the people of every nation situated beyond the Tropics or in the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the Cross is erect or inclined. It is a time piece, which advances very regularly nearly four minutes a day, and no other group of stars affords to the naked eye an observation of time so easily made. How often have we heard our guides exclaim in the savannahs of Venezuela and in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, 'Midnight is past, the Cross begins to bend' ... Crux lies in the Milky Way, - here a brilliant but narrow stream three or four degrees wide, - and is noticeable from its compression as well as its form, being only 6º in extent from north to south, and less in width, the upper star a clear orange in color, and the rest white; the general effect being that of a badly made kite, rather than a cross ...

4 ANKAA (*5)
ACRUX (*188)
1 Ko Apina Iti
13 ADHIL (*19) 13 MIRA (*33) 7 BHARANI (*41) 20 BEID (*62)
SPICA (*19 + *183) ARCTURUS (*33 + *182) ZUBEN ELG (*41 + *183) LESATH (*62 + *182)
15 RIGEL (*78)
Ο OPHIUCHI (*261)
13 Ko Te Hereke

CLOSE TO THE SUN:
JULY 21 7-22 (*123) 23 24 25 (206)
Ga5-12 (122) Ga5-13 → 3 * 171 Ga5-14 Ga5-15 Ga5-16
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3) INTROMETIDA (Inserted) = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX (†) = α Crucis (187.5)

*146.0 = *187.4 - *41.4

γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), ALGORAB = δ Corvi (188.5), GACRUX = γ Crucis (188.7) γ Muscae (189.0), AVIS SATYRA (Bird of the Satyrs) = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION (Starry) = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7) α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)

ALDERAMIN (α Cephei)

Sept 23 24 (*187) 25 (268) 26 27
°Sept 19 20 (*183) 21 (264) EQUINOX 23
'Aug 27 28 (240) 29 (*161 → 'June 10) 30 31
"Aug 13 14 (*146) 15 (227 → π) 16 17
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
JAN 20 21 (*306) 22 23 (388) 24
no star listed (4) ANKAA (*) = α Phoenicis, κ Phoenicis (5.0)

ALPHARD (α Hydrae)

λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)

*330.0 = *6.4 - *41.4

ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31), π Andromedae (7.7) ε Andromedae (8.2), DELTA = δ Andromedae (8.4), SCHEDIR (Breast) = α Cassiopeiae (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)

*332.0 = *8.4 - *41.4

March 25 (84) 26 (267 - 182) 27 28 (*372) 29 (*8)
0h °March 22 23 24 (*368) 25 (*4)
'Febr 26 27 28 (59) 'March 1 2 (*346)
"Febr 12 13 (*329) 14 (45) 15 16