Woodliparri - House River (Yolngu)
Constellation: Milky Way
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_astronomy
Finder Chart:
Date: 7/7/2021 10:19PM Local Time
Location: Deer Trail, CO
Seeing: OK
Transparency: OK
Instrument Used: None
Notes/Description: Mikly Way Obvious but not bright. Smokey haze is helping to dim it.
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. It is the glow of the disk of our galaxy.
2. Did the culture in this section have a similar mythology (e.g. dogs, hunter, boat, etc.)?
No.
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?
Probably
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.
This part of the Milky Way is in the winter time in Australia which is the rainy season, hence making the rivers full o fwater.
