Lodge of Spiderman - Blackfoot
Constellation: CrB
Source: https://www.blueponyk12.com/cms/lib/MT01001096/Centricity/Domain/48/Blackfeet%20Skies%20full%20draft.pdf
Finder Chart:
Date: 4/8/2021 10:52 PM Local Time
Location: Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus near Crowell, TX
Seeing: OK
Transparency: OK
Instrument Used: None
Notes/Description: None
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)?
It is CrB.
2. Did the culture in this section have a similar mythology (e.g. dogs, hunter, boat, etc.)?
Many cultures used CrB as a lodge of den.
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.
None.
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.
Spiders are out in the summer and this is a summer constellation. Maybe this is a indicator that if spiders are important, they are out and about.
