TAHUA
3. Thuban (α
Draconis) had been the north pole star earlier than
Kochab (β Ursae Minoris) but
later than Benetnash
at the tip of the Tail of Ursa Major:
... it should be remembered that during many
milleniums the polar point has gradually been approaching our
pole-star, which 2000 years ago was far removed from it, - in
Hipparchos' time 12º 24' away according to his own statement
quoted by Marinus of Tyre and cited by Ptolemy. Miss Clerke
writes as to this: The entire
millenium before the Christian era may count for an interregnum
as regards Pole-stars. Alpha Draconis had ceased to
excercise that office; Alruccabah had not yet assumed it
...
| |
365 days |
| |
(80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) |
|
Day of culmination |
|
|
Atlas |
May 16 (136) |
*229 |
December 31 (365,
*285) |
135 |
|
Alkes |
September 3 (246) |
*229 |
April 20 (110) |
135 |
|
Denebola |
September 15 (258) |
*230 |
May 3 (123) |
134 |
|
Thuban |
October 19 (292,
*212) |
*230 |
June 7 (158, *78) |
134 |
|
Arcturus |
October 22 (295,
*215) |
*227 |
June 8 (159, *79) |
*136 |
|
Zuben
Elgenubi |
October 31
(304, *224) |
|
June 17 (168, *454.
*88) |
*136 |
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|
Vega |
December 27 (361,
*281) |
*227 |
August 12 (224, *144) |
*137 |
|
Alphekka Meridiana |
January 5 (*290) |
*220 |
August 13 (225, *145) |
'146 |
|
Deneb Cygni |
February 7 (38, *323) |
*221 |
September 16 (259,
*179) |
*144 |
|
Fomalhaut |
March 3 (62, *348) |
*236 |
October 25 (*584, *218) |
|
| |
|
Alrisha |
April 19 (109, *212 -
*183 = *29) |
*232 |
December 7 (341,
*261) |
132 |
| Menkar |
May
4 (124, *44) |
*231 |
December 21 (355,
*275) |
133 |
|
*364 - *229
→ 135 etc. And *144 (August 12) = *281 (December
27) - *137, etc. |
The extraordinary design of Aa8-83 surely was intended to
draw (pull, haro) at our attention.
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Aa8-80 (1329) |
Aa8-81 (666) |
Aa8-82 |
Aa8-83 |
Aa8-84 |
Aa8-85 (1334) |
| ki to hatu huri |
ma to ua mata
- mae tae e ui hia
mai |
kua oho te tagata |
ki te henua |
- |
|
Oct 16 (260 + 29) |
17 (290) |
18 (472 - 181) |
19 |
20 |
21 (294) |
| |
|
|
THUBAN |
|
|
|
April 16 (314 *
1½) |
17 (16 * 29½) |
(365 + 108 = 473) |
19 |
ALKES |
21 (111) |
|
To.
1.
Particle
sometimes
used
with the
article
in
ancient
legends;
i uto
to te
hau,
the
ribbon
was in
the
float.
2. To
rise (of
the sun)
during
the
morning
hours up
to the
zenith:
he-to
te raá.
Vanaga.
1. Of. T
Pau.,
Ta.:
to,
of.
Mgv.:
to,
genitive
sign.
Mq.:
to,
of, for.
2. This,
which.
Churchill.
Mgv.:
To,
to make
a canoe
of
planks.
Mq.:
to,
to build
a canoe.
Sa.:
to,
to
build.
Churchill.
Huri. 1. To turn
(vt.), to overthrow, to knock down:
huri moai, the overthrowing of the statues from
their ahus during the period of decadence on
the island. 2. To pour a liquid from a
container: ka huri mai te vai, pour me some
water. 3. To end a lament, a mourning: he
huri i te tagi, ina ekó tagi hakaou, with this
the mourning (for the deceased) is over, there shall
be no more crying. 4. New shoot of banana:
huri maîka. Vanaga. 1. Stem. P Mgv.: huri,
a banana shoot. Mq.: hui, shoot, scion. 2. To
turn over, to be turned over onto another side, to
bend, to lean, to warp; huri ke, to change,
to decant; tae huri ke, invariable; huri
ke tahaga no mai, to change as the wind; tae
huri, immovable; e ko huri ke,
infallible; huhuri, rolling; hakahuri,
to turn over; hakahuri ke, to divine. P Pau.:
huri, to turn. Mgv.: huri, uri,
to turn on one side, to roll, to turn upside down,
to reverse. Mq.: hui, to turn, to reverse. 3.
To throw, to shoot. 4. To water, to wet. 5. To
hollow out. Hurihuri: 1. Wrath, anger;
kokoma hurihuri, animosity, spite, wrath, fury,
hate, enmity, irritable, quick tempered, to feel
offended, to resent, to pester; kokoma hurihuri
ke, to be in a rage. 2. (huri 4)
hurihuri titi, to fill up. 3. To polish. 4. (uriuri).
Hurikea, to transfigure, to transform.
Churchill. Mq. huri, resemblance. Sa.:
foliga, to resemble. Churchill. |
And then the association surely should go from heliacal Thuban in
October 19 (292) to
Thuban when culminating in June 7 (*78), which might explain why some south of the equator (→ nighttime,
winter, culmination) preferred to put Rigel (the Foot of Orion,
*78) at the
beginning of the year.
...
In view of the almost universal prevalence of the Pleiades year
throughout the Polynesian area it is surprising to find that in
the South Island and certain parts of the North Island of New
Zealand and in the neighboring Chatham Islands, the year began
with the new Moon after the early morning rising, not of the
Pleiades, but of the star Rigel in Orion
...
|
OCT 1 |
2
(275 → 11 * 25) |
3 (270 + 6) |
4 |
5 |
6 (*199) |
|
25
Sept |
26 |
27 (3 * 90) |
28 |
29 |
30 Sept |
|
Dec 4 |
5 |
6 (*260) |
7 (271 + 70 = 341) |
8 |
9 |
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|
Ga7-25 |
Ga7-26 (275 - 80) |
Ga7-27 |
Ga7-28 |
Ga7-29 |
Ga7-30 (199) |
|
17h (*258.7)
ARRAKIS =
μ
Draconis
(258.7)
*182.0 = *258.7 - *76.7 |
Mula-19 (The
Root)
SABIK (The Preceding One) =
η
Ophiuchi (259.7),
η
Scorpii
(259.9)
*183.0 = *2598.7 - *76.7 |
NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0),
π
Herculis (260.7),
RAS
ALGETHI =
α
Herculis
(260.8) |
SARIN =
δ
Herculis (261.0),
ο
Ophiuchi (261.4)
*220.0 = *261.4 - *41.4 |
ξ Ophiuchi (262.2),
θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4),
ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis
(262.9) |
β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi
(263.6) |
|
CLOSE TO
THE FULL
MOON: |
|
APRIL 2 |
3 ('378
=
*195 + *183) |
4 (94 = 459 - 365) |
5 (460 = 277 + 183) |
6 (96 - 80 = *16) |
7 |
|
27 March |
28 |
29 (88) |
30 |
31 |
1 April (91) |
|
5h (*76.1)
ε Leporis (76.0),
ι Tauri
(76.2),
CURSA (Footstool) = β Eridani (76.4),
λ Eridani (76.7),
Ψ (65) Eridani (76.8)
*0.0 = *76.7 - *76.7
Dec 6
AD 2022 (340, *260)
MARS |
μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6)
|
ĸ Leporis (78.0),
RIGEL
(Foot) =
β
Orionis
(78.1),
Flaming Star = IC405
(78.2),
CAPELLA
(Mother Goat) =
α
Aurigae (78.4),
ο
Columbae,
τ
Orionis (78.8)
*37.0 = *78.4 - *41.4
THUBAN
(α Draconis) |
λ Aurigae (79.0),
λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)
ARCTURUS (α Bootis) |
Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu-5
(Star in the Bull towards the north)
σ Aurigae (80.4), BELLATRIX (Female Warrior) = γ
Orionis,
SAIF AL JABBAR (Sword of the Giant) =
η
Orionis (80.7),
ELNATH
(The Butting One) =
β
Tauri =
γ
Aurigae
(80.9)
*39.0 = *41.0 - *2.0 = *221.0 - *182.0
Oct 7
AD 2022 (280, *200)
MARS |
ψ Orionis (81.1),
NIHAL (Thirst-slaking Camels) =
β
Leporis (81.7) |
|
June 5 (156) |
6 |
7 (*78) |
8 |
9 |
10 (161) |
|
°June 1 |
2 (*73) |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (157) |
|
'May 9 (*414) |
10 |
11 |
12 (132) |
13 |
14 (*54) |
|
"April 25 (*400)
|
26 |
27 |
28 (118
→ 4 * 29½) |
29 |
30 (*40) |
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|
Ga1-12 |
Ga1-13 |
Ga1-14 (196 - 182) |
Ga1-15 |
Ga1-16 |
Ga1-17 |
There was no major star standing in line in order to follow Thuban as
north pole star.
This interregnum - Who was king, who was not? - might have forced a change of
focus. There was a kind of hole in the sequence of kings:
|
Law of Bode
and Titus: |
Observations: |
|
4 + (0 * 3)
/ 10 = 0,4 |
Mercury |
0,39 |
|
4 + (1 * 3)
/ 10 = 0,7 |
Venus |
0,72 |
|
4 + (2 * 3)
/ 10 = 1,0 |
Moon |
1,00 |
|
4 + (4 * 3)
/ 10 = 1,6 |
Mars |
1,52 |
|
4 + (8 * 3) / 10 =
2,8 |
→
Ceres |
→
2,77 |
|
4 + (16 * 3)
/ 10 = 5,2 |
Jupiter |
5,20 |
|
4 + (32 * 3)
/ 10 = 10,0 |
Saturn |
9,54 |
Between October 7 and December 6 was November 6:
November 6 (310) - 20 (January 20) =
290
→
And when the Full Moon reached the right ascension line at
Thuban the date should ideally be at heliacal Alrisha (α
Piscium), viz. April 19:
... George Smith inferred from the tablets
that it might be the Star of the Flocks; while other
Euphratean names have been Lu-lim, or Lu-nit,
the Ram's Eye; and Si-mal or Si-mul, the Horn
star, which came down even to late astrology as the Ram's
Horn. It also was Anuv, and had its constellation's
titles I-ku and I-ku-u, - by abbreviation Ku,
- the Prince, or the Leading One, the Ram that led the heavenly
flock, some of íts titles at a different date being applied to
Capella of Auriga. Brown associates it with Aloros, the first of
the ten mythical kings of Akkad anterior to the Deluge, the
duration of whose reigns proportionately coincided with the
distances apart of the ten chief ecliptic stars beginning with
Hamal, and he deduces
from this kingly title the Assyrian Ailuv, and hence the
Hebrew Ayil; the other stars corresponding to the other
mythical kings being Alcyone, Aldebaran, Pollux, Regulus, Spica,
Antares, Algenib, Deneb Algedi, and Scheat
...
|
2-14 (410) |
FEBR 15 (46 = 411
- 365) |
16 (*332) |
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|
Gb7-27 |
Gb7-28 (438 = 229
+ 209) |
Gb7-29 (210) |
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|
Gb4-10 (101 = 330
- 229) |
Gb4-11 |
Gb4-12 (332 →
*332) |
|
ALRISHA (The Knot
= α Piscium),
χ Phoenicis (29.2),
ε Trianguli (29.4),
ALAMAK
(Caracal
= γ Andromedae)
(29.7)
*353.0 = *29.4 - *41.4 |
Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2 (Back of the Head
of Ku)
2h (30.4)
κ
Arietis (30.3),
HAMAL
(Sheep = α Arietis)
(30.5)
ALKES (α
Crateris)
*354.0 = *30.4 - *41.4 |
η
Arietis (31.9) |
|
April 19 (474 =
410 + 64) |
20 (110, *395) |
21 (111 =
80 + 31, *396) |
|
CLOSE TO
THE FULL
MOON: |
|
AUG 16 |
17 (229 = 293 -
64) |
18 (*150 = *214 - *64) |
|
AGENA (At the Knee = β Centauri)
(212.1), θ Apodis (212.5),
THUBAN
(Dragon = α Draconis)
(212.8) |
14h (213.1)
π Hydrae, χ Centauri
(213.0),
MENKENT (Shoulder of the
Centaur = θ Centauri)
(213.1) |
Neck-2 (Dragon)
ASELLUS TERTIUS (3rd
Ass Colt = κ Bootis),
κ Virginis,
14
Bootis
(214.8) |
|
Oct 19 (292) |
20 (110 + 183) |
21 (*214) |
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|
Ga6-8 |
Ga6-9 |
Ga6-10 (150 → AUG
18) |
... The present limit of the
celestial polar regions can be
defined from the declination of the
star
γ
Andromedae
... Its current place is at
declination 42º 05' N. In other
words the measure across the polar
regions should be 2 * (90º - 42º
05') = 2 * 47º 55' = 95º 50' or
around 96º. The width of the polar
regions is thus around 2 * 96º =
192º
and 360 - 192 =
168 = 2 * 84 (→ Julian spring
equinox).
... In Babylonia the constellation
[Triangulum] was named Apin and it
included Alamak (γ
Andromedae):
... This
is Alamac in the Alfonsine
Tables and 1515 Almagest;
Riccioli's Alamak;
Flamsteed's Alamech; now
Almach, Almak,
Alamaack, and Almaac or
Almaak; all from Al 'Anāk
al 'Ard, a small predatory
animal of Arabia, similar to a
badger, and popularly known there as
Al Barīd.
Scaliger's conjecture that it is
from Al Mauk, the Buskin,
although likely enough for a star
marking the left foot of Andromeda,
is not accepted; for Ulug Beg, a
century and a half previously, as
well as Al Tizini and the Arabic
globes before him, gave it the
animal's name in full. But the
propriety of such a designation here
is not obvious in connection with
Andromeda, and would indicate that
it belonged to
very early Arab
astronomy
...
... Gamma Andromedae ... is
the third brightest star in the
constellation of Andromeda. It is
also known by the traditional name
Almach (also spelt as
Almaach, Almaack,
Almak, Almaak, or
Alamak), from the Arabic
العناق
الأرض
al-‘anāq al-’arđ
...
'the caracal' (desert lynx).
Another term for
this star used by medieval
astronomers writing in Arabic was
آلرخل
المسلسلة
Al Rijl al
Musalsalah
'the Woman's Foot'. In Chinese,
天大將軍 (Tiān
Dà Jiāng Jūn), meaning
Heaven's Great General, refers
to an asterism consisting of
γ Andromedae,
φ Persei,
51 Andromedae, 49 Andromedae,
χ Andromedae,
υ
Andromedae, τ
Andromedae, 56 Andromedae, β
Trianguli, γ
Trianguli and δ
Trianguli. Consequently, γ
Andromedae itself is known as
天大將軍一 (Tiān
Dà Jiāng Jūn yī, English:
the First Star of
Heaven's Great General.)
In the catalogue of stars in the
Calendarium of Al Achsasi al
Mouakket, this star was designated
جمس
ألنعامة
Khamis al Naamat,
which was translated into Latin as
Quinta Struthionum, meaning
the fifth ostrich ...
... The
name 'lynx' originated in Middle
English via Latin from Greek word 'λύγξ',
derived from the
Indo-European
root '*leuk-', meaning 'light,
brightness' ...
...
Caracal ... feline animal of N.
Africa ... F. or Sp. caracal
- Turk. qarahqulaq, f.
qarah black + qulak ear
...
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