Ha'amonga - Sun Gate (Tonga)
Constellation: Ori
Source: https://issuu.com/nukualofatimes/docs/nt102_page16
Finder Chart:
Date: 4/7/2021 9:13 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 part of Ori.
2. Did the culture in this section have a similar mythology (e.g. dogs, hunter, boat, etc.)?
Unknown.
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.
It is just the 4 bright stars that outline the Orion rectangle.
4. Is it likely that this star group, for this culture, may have been influenced by older or adjacent cultures? If so, whom?
Maybe.
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.
Sun Gate sounds like something a ritual might be structured around.
