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7. Godfather Of The Southern Cross
Beauty Sky has brighten stars in winter. Especially at cold night sky is transparent and the constellations are revealed clearly. In southern sky, three stars in Orion on the celestial equator rises from east truly and sets to true west. Zodiacal Taurus, Gemini, Cancer are painted on celestial sky. In northern sky, the northern 7 stars Ursa Major points to the polestar. However, I am looking at the same sky in hot summer. In northern sky, I can see Orion and Zodiacal are near horizontal. In southern sky uncharted stars assumes ignorance for me . That is reasonable but magical. I can not find normal stars in Japan, another unknown stars are natural in Australia. It is easy to justify the magic, but I can not understand the sky. I feel anxiety for no the Great Bear and no polestar.
In old times the sailors beyond the equator lost polestar which points to the North Pole exactly more than magnets. Alternatively in one cold winter they should be admired for the beautiful milky way in the Southern Hemisphere more bright than in the Northern Hemisphere. Zodiacal Scopius, the southern 6 stars Sagittarius, Capricornus are imaged on celestial sky. And when they found the Cross pointed the South Pole in the brighten river, they should pray into the God. Almost constellations in the North Hemisphere are charted from ancient and christened by Ptolemaios. On the other hand constellations in the South Hemisphere are named by Racahiu et. in 18 century and now there are 88 in all. But no one knows the christener of the Cross. The Crux needs no Godfather. I could not see the Crux painted in the national flag of Australia and the beautiful river because of my visit in the summer season.
Sun is painted in the national flag of Japan . In old time Japan has the original constellations as like as Orion is called Japanese Hand Drum, Gemini is two decoration pines beside porch, and Scopius is Fishhook for sea-bream. No 12 months constellations on ecliptic yellow sun's path, but 28 days constellations on white moon's path are discovered in old graves. China had more than 300 constellations belong to the moon's revolution 27.3 days.
In the South Hemisphere ancient people should have similar constellations.
Now we have Octans, Pyxis, Circinus, Telescopium, Microscopium which are modern equipment in those days, and birds and animals like Columba,Apus, Phoenix, Tucana,Pavo, and Chameleon. Southern ancient man should have the constellations like Kookabula, Kangaroo, Emu, and Koala.
In Australia and Japan ancient people have a lot of various anecdotes of their own constellations at the same time through long night. Especially "Beautiful Sky in winter has brighten stars" is a common styled epithet beyond the Equator.
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