Emu - Emu (Gurangai)
Constellation: Sco
Source: abc.net.au
Finder Chart:
Date: 7/7/2021 9:50 PM Local Time
Location: Deer Trail, CO
Seeing: OK
Transparency: Poor
Instrument Used: 8x50 binoculars
Notes/Description: There is lots of smoke along the southern horizon. Used binos to help see stars. Otherwise these are all probably easily seen with the naked eye. Pretty Cool.
Later on a brisk wind was from the south and cleared the smoke away. It was not easy to see all these stars of the Emu naked eye.
Sketch
Questions
1. Does the selected and sketched pattern resemble any known asterism or official constellation that we use today? If so, which one(s)?
No.
2. Did the culture in this section have a similar mythology (e.g. dogs, hunter, boat, etc.)?
Probably not. There was probably only 1 Emu constellation.
3. If yes, describe any material differences in either the figure's star pattern as imagined by the culture, and / or the difference in the mythology.
NA
4. Is it likely that this star group, for this culture, may have been influenced by older or adjacent cultures? If so, whom?
This is probably aboriginal in origin and this was a pretty old culture so probably not influenced by other cultures.
5. If, for this culture, this group was significant for calendar, crop, or social events, describe what was involved, and how the timing or the appearance of the group was important or useful.
Not known.
