Acvini - Horse or Horseman
Constellation: Equ
Source: https://www.constellationsofwords.com/equuleus/
Finder Chart:
Date: 7/7/2021 10:57 PM Local Time
Location: Deer Trail, CO
Seeing: OK to Good
Transparency: OK to Good
Instrument Used: None
Notes/Description: This was high in the eastern sky and above the smoke haze that was along the eastern horizon at sunset.
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)?
Yes. It is Equules.
2. Did the culture in this section have a similar mythology (e.g. dogs, hunter, boat, etc.)?
Maybe not another horse.
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.
I drew it the same.
4. Is it likely that this star group, for this culture, may have been influenced by older or adjacent cultures? If so, whom?
Yes.
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.
Horses were important in their lives.
