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5 July 2026
- 08:0808:08, 5 July 2026 Jian (建) (hist | edit) [7,683 bytes] Boshunyang (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} < Jian (建) > Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Nándǒu (Southern Dipper南斗), also called Dou Xiu, is the eighth of the Twenty-eight Lunar Lodges and the first lodge of the Northern Black Tortoise group. It consists of six stars in the modern constellation Sagittarius. It has existed at least 2500 years, is one of the oldest asterisms in China. == Concordance, Etymology, History == The name Dou refers to a dipper, ladle, or measuring vessel; becaus...")
3 July 2026
- 12:3812:38, 3 July 2026 Nandou (南斗) (hist | edit) [8,415 bytes] Boshunyang (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} < Nandou (南斗) > {{distinguish| ... the other tent }} Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- thumb|Image that shows the earliest map or drawing thumb|Image that shows the cultural object (e.g. in archaeological museum) Chinese constellation. == Concordance, Etymology, History == ... === Identification of stars === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Star Names or Orders(Traditional/Qing) !style="color: gray;" |Ho PENG YOK...")
1 July 2026
- 09:3909:39, 1 July 2026 al-Ṣalīb (الصليب) (hist | edit) [6,873 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} {{distinguish| ... the other tent }} Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- thumb|Image that shows the earliest map or drawing thumb|Image that shows the cultural object (e.g. in archaeological museum) ... (... ), [translation], is an Arabic/ Arabian asterism. <here comes a short explanation: what is the earliest known occurance, what does it mean in their culture, perhaps were it stems from if e.g. taken over from Ba...")
- 09:1109:11, 1 July 2026 al-Qaʿūd (القَعود) (hist | edit) [5,928 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:}} {{distinguish| ... the other tent }} Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- thumb|Image that shows the earliest map or drawing thumb|Image that shows the cultural object (e.g. in archaeological museum) ... (... ), [translation], is an Arabic/ Arabian asterism. <here comes a short explanation: what is the earliest known occurance, what does it mean in their culture, perhaps were it stems from if e.g. taken over from Ba...") originally created as "Alukud"
- 09:0209:02, 1 July 2026 Judinan (hist | edit) [1,229 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with " Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- thumb|Image that shows the earliest map or drawing thumb|Image that shows the cultural object (e.g. in archaeological museum) Judinan, “The night owl,” is a name for Gamma 02 Delphini from the Australian Wardaman people in the Northern Territory. ==Etymology and History== what does the name mean, are there variants in dialects/ languages for what has the constellation been used - cultura...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 08:5008:50, 1 July 2026 Jirijin (hist | edit) [1,702 bytes] Sushoff (talk | contribs) (Created page with " Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- thumb|Image that shows the earliest map or drawing thumb|Image that shows the cultural object (e.g. in archaeological museum) Jirijin, “The tiny owl,” is a name for several stars in Delphinus. It stems from the Australian Wardaman people in the Northern Territory. ==Etymology and History== what does the name mean, are there variants in dialects/ languages for what has the constellation be...") Tag: Disambiguation links
25 June 2026
- 08:2508:25, 25 June 2026 Belarusian (Asterism Names) (hist | edit) [3,979 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Belarus is a country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus is landlocked and contains large tracts of marshy land and thousands of lakes. Forests cover about 40% of the country. Belarus is exceptional in that people in the villages have preserved their traditional knowledge about the stars and related beliefs, right through to the pr...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links
- 07:5207:52, 25 June 2026 Impanbana (hist | edit) [981 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Impanbana is a Zulu constellation for Orion's belt. ==Etymology and History== Orion’s Belt is a combination of a crossing, dogs and wild hogs. Seeing the stars of Orion’s Belt reminded hunters to be very careful during their hunting trips, as it marked the mating season of the wild hogs.<ref>Lock, Suki (online). Zulu sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium</nowiki> , printed in Hoffmann and Wolfsch...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 07:5207:52, 25 June 2026 ONdwenjana (hist | edit) [1,004 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- oNdwenjana is a Zulu constellation for Orion's sword. ==Etymology and History== One of the descriptions of Orion’s Sword is as a long-stemmed flower, such as a lily. However the meaning of this group of stars isn't completely clear, because “oNdwenjana” could also be another tall object like a tree or a man.<ref>Lock, Suki (online). Zulu sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium</nowiki> , printed...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 07:4807:48, 25 June 2026 IsAndulela (hist | edit) [988 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- isAndulela is a Zulu asterism for Canopus. ==Etymology and History== Canopus is a bright star that appeared at harvest time and might also be connected to the Red-chested Cuckoo. It was also used as a guide for shepherds, marking the time to begin the journey to new grazing lands during the dry season.<ref>Lock, Suki (online). Zulu sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium</nowiki> , printed in Hoffmann...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 07:4607:46, 25 June 2026 Umthala Wezinkanyezi (hist | edit) [1,022 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Umthala Wezinkanyezi is a Zulu term for Milky Way. ==Etymology and History== Umthala Wezinkanyezi means “the stream of stars.” This is related to the way the Nguni people used to fight before Shaka Zulu’s revolutionary close-combat strategy. The strong warriors used to throw spears like javelin and the stream of spears would be seen in the air.<ref>Lock, Suki (online). Zulu sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stel...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 07:2707:27, 25 June 2026 AmaKroza (hist | edit) [1,060 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- amaKroza is a Xhosa constellation for Orion's belt. ==Etymology and History== In Xhosa the three stars of Orion’s Belt are known as the “amaKroza”, or “those in a queue”. These are the graves where ancestors rest peacefully, the heavens where their spirits roam and the most holy place beyond the starry heavens, the dwelling of the supreme god, “Qamata”.<ref>Lock, Suki (online). Tukano sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>http...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 07:2607:26, 25 June 2026 UmNyele (hist | edit) [1,091 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- umNyele is a Xhosa term for Milky Way. ==Etymology and History== “umNyele” is the Xhosa for the raised bristles along the back of the sky, like those on the back of an angry dog. It was told that the dog would rise up if you point to the heaven with straight fingers. This was a good deterrence and the people would remember to show respect for the god “Qamata” by always pointing to the sky with a bent finger.<ref>Lock, Suki (onlin...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 07:2407:24, 25 June 2026 UCanzibe (hist | edit) [1,068 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- uCanzibe is a Xhosa asterism for Canopus. ==Etymology and History== Canopus is the second brightest star in the heavens and is referred to as “uCanzibe” in Xhosa, which means shining and sparkling. The star is seen as traditional Xhosa boys dancing, or sometimes as one of two suitors (Sirius, the brightest star, being the other), possibly rivals in their quest for affection.<ref>Lock, Suki (online). Tukano sky culture in Stellarium,...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 07:2107:21, 25 June 2026 IQhawe (hist | edit) [1,044 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- iQhawe is a Xhosa asterism for Sirius. ==Etymology and History== Sirius is known as “iQhawe” in Xhosa, which means “the champion”, probably because it is the brightest star in the night sky. It can also be seen as one of two suitors or rivals (along with Canopus, the second brightest star), but we cannot say for whose affections they are fighting.<ref>Lock, Suki (online). Tukano sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.c...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 07:1907:19, 25 June 2026 IsiLimela (hist | edit) [1,443 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- isiLimela is a Xhosa constellation for Pleiades. ==Etymology and History== The first sighting of “isiLimela” indicated the start of the Xhosa digging or planting season. It is also said that the month of the Digging Stars symbolised new life in a man for the coming-out ceremony of the Abakwetha circumcision school and it has always been a custom for Xhosa men to count their years of manhood from this time.<ref>Lock, Suki (online). Tu...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links
- 07:0307:03, 25 June 2026 Homem Velho (hist | edit) [1,521 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Homem Velho is a Tupi constellation for old man. ==Etymology and History== Variant Spelling: * Tuivae (native) As with many cultures, constellations were identified and used to help keep track of the seasons and predict the seasonal variations which affect daily life. In the book by Claude d'Abbeville, Histoire de la Mission des Pères Capucins en l'Isle de Maragnan et terres circonvoisines, published in Paris, 1614, it is stated that...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links
- 07:0107:01, 25 June 2026 Ema (hist | edit) [1,660 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Ema is a Tupi constellation for white ostrich. ==Etymology and History== Variant Spelling: * Guira-nhandu (native) * Nandu (English) As with many cultures, constellations were identified and used to help keep track of the seasons and predict the seasonal variations which affect daily life. In the book by Claude d'Abbeville, Histoire de la Mission des Pères Capucins en l'Isle de Maragnan et terres circonvoisines, published in Paris, 1...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links
- 06:4706:47, 25 June 2026 Kai Sariró (hist | edit) [2,250 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Kai Sariró is a Tukano constellation for circle dances. Those stars are mainly at Orion constellation and mean a circle of dances in some special Tukano ceremonies. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Circulo de dança (Portugese) Constellations within Tukano astronomical culture are related with natural phenomena as a whole. In ge...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:4606:46, 25 June 2026 Diayo (hist | edit) [2,282 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Diayo is a Tukano constellation for otter. Described as our Southern Cross by part of the Tukanos in half Tiquié river, this constellation is also associated with star as Sirius in Canis Major in that region. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * lontra (Portugese) Constellations within Tukano astronomical culture are related with na...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:4406:44, 25 June 2026 Sipé Phairo (hist | edit) [2,337 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Aña is a Tukano constellation for snake, Snake Large Anus. This snake corresponds to our brightest Big Dipper stars. In a legend when this constellation touches the horizon after the sunset almost all fishes in the main river are swallowed by it. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Cobra de Ânus Grande (Portugese) Constellations...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:4306:43, 25 June 2026 Sioyahpu (hist | edit) [2,394 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Sioyahpu is a Tukano constellation for Adze Handle (an instrument do carve wood). As a part of Orion belt and two of the others brightest stars of this constellation – our Betelgeuse and Bellatrix – this constellation represents to Tukano group a part of a tool which is used to carve wood. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Cabo...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:4006:40, 25 June 2026 Waikhasa (hist | edit) [2,356 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Waikhasa is a Tukano constellation for a kind of grill to cook fish. It is identified with our Taurus Hyades open cluster of stars with the bright Aldebaran following the Pleiades. This is an easy asterism to be seen all over the sky. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Waikasa (Tukano language) * Moquém (Portugese) Constellations...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:3706:37, 25 June 2026 Nhorkoatero (hist | edit) [2,348 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- The translation of nhorkoatero is literally group of stars. Identified as our Pleiades this is very significant as a time keeper within a complex calendar to Tukano people. It is also used as a rainy period pointer. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Grupo de Estrelas (Portugese) * Group of Stars (English) Constellations within Tuk...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:3506:35, 25 June 2026 Yurara (hist | edit) [2,347 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Yurara is a Tukano constellation for turtle. This constellation is described as the occidental Southern Cross constellation. Sometimes this traditional occidental constellation also means an Otter or a turtle by the Tukano people. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Tartaruga * Turtle or Tortoise (English) * Cágado (Portugese) Cons...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:3306:33, 25 June 2026 Yhe (hist | edit) [2,331 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Yhe is a Tukano constellation for egret. It is still in discussion the real position of this constellation, if those stars are in the Berenices’ hair region or inside the Corvus. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Yhé (Tukano language) * Garça (Portugese) * Egret (English) Constellations within Tukano astronomical culture are r...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:3006:30, 25 June 2026 Yai (hist | edit) [2,378 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Yai is a Tukano constellation for jaguar. It is a big constellation – one of the biggest – inside the north portions of night skies. All night long near the horizon, the big puma is described inside our Cepheus, Cassiopeia and Perseus constellations. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Onça (Portugese) * puma or jaguar Constell...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:2806:28, 25 June 2026 Mhua (hist | edit) [2,320 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Mhua is a Tukano constellation for fish. Together with Darsiu are jointed together in a few bright stars of Aquarius and Pisces area. But it is a wonderful challenge to try to see it during the night. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Jacundá (peixe) * Jacundá (a kind of fish) Constellations within Tukano astronomical cultur...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:2506:25, 25 June 2026 Darsiu (hist | edit) [2,341 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Darsiu is a Tukano constellation for freshwater shrimp. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Camarão de rio * Pitu (Portugese) * Caridean Shrimp Constellations within Tukano astronomical culture are related with natural phenomena as a whole. In general, Tukano constellation, or parts of it, are observed when its setting occurs, lik...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:2306:23, 25 June 2026 Pamõ (hist | edit) [2,366 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Pamõ is a Tukano constellation for armadillo. This constellation is found in our Dolphin constellation and part of Aquila constellation. This group of faint stars takes place inside a poor stellar field with exception of the bright Altair (Alfa Aquilae). ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Tatu (Portugese) * Armadillo (English) Con...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 06:2006:20, 25 June 2026 Aña (hist | edit) [2,402 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Aña is a Tukano constellation for snake. A big snake that is found in part of our Scorpius, Sagittarius, and Corona Australis constellations. Its setting with the sunset correspond of the beginning of the year to this group of Tukanos. ==Etymology and History== thumb|One circular calendar developed in 2007, Calendario Tukano Variant Spelling: * Aña Diaso (Tukano language) * Jararaca (Portugese, English)...") Tags: Visual edit: Switched Disambiguation links
23 June 2026
- 05:4505:45, 23 June 2026 Molestina (hist | edit) [1,016 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Molestina is northern andes constellation forming a triangle. ==Etymology and History== Molestina Triangle: The first stars to appear are: Altair - Vega - Antares who make up the triangle named "Molestina"<ref>Clan Quinatoa (online). Northern Andes sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium</nowiki> , printed in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds., 2022), Astronomy in Culture --Cultures of Astronomy. Astronom...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links
- 05:4305:43, 23 June 2026 Antonio Quinatoa (hist | edit) [1,103 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Antonio Quinatoa is northern andes term for masculine cycle. ==Etymology and History== "Antonio Quinatoa" Cross: At dusk the first stars to appear are: Sirius - Procyon - Rigel - Betelgeuse, who form the cross named "Antonio Quinatoa". It is the constellation that governs the masculine cycle.<ref>Clan Quinatoa (online). Northern Andes sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium</nowiki> , printed in Hoffma...") Tag: Disambiguation links
- 05:4005:40, 23 June 2026 Jorge Trujillo (hist | edit) [1,193 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- Jorge Trujillo is northern andes term for arrow. ==Etymology and History== The “Jorge Trujillo” Arrow: The most outstanding stars in the evening of the winter solstice for the southern hemisphere are Caph - Shedar - Navi - κ Cas, they are part of the western constellation of Cassiopeia, the resulting form evokes the shape of an arrow that at the end of the December solstice It is in an East - West direction.<ref>Clan Quinatoa (onli...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links
- 05:2905:29, 23 June 2026 Ana Jaramillo de Velasteguí (hist | edit) [2,397 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- thumb|The Warrior image inspired by the pre-Hispanic designs of the Pasto nation investigated by Estelina Quinatoa for the book "Ancestral Representations and Colors of the Cosmos" (Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador). Ana Jaramillo de Velasteguí is northern andes term for the warrior, a dark constellation. ==Etymology and History== Our planet belongs to the galaxy of the Milky Way, whose shape is that...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links
- 05:2705:27, 23 June 2026 Hernán Crespo Toral (hist | edit) [2,442 bytes] ASEtech (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- thumb|Frog image inspired by the pre-Hispanic designs of the Pasto nation investigated by Estelina Quinatoa for the book "Ancestral Representations and Colors of the Cosmos" (Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador). Hernán Crespo Toral is northern andes term for Frog, a dark constellation. ==Etymology and History== Our planet belongs to the galaxy of the Milky Way, whose shape is that of a large disk with two bul...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links







