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:
E:38 |
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 |
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