Ke Kā o Makaliʻi
constellations
Ka Kā o Makaliʻi stars
Stars in Orion
Star Compass Houses
Latitude & Meridian Pairs
100
The Hawaiian name for Orion, the string game
What is Ka Heihei o nā Keiki
100
Orion's belt points down to this star, called the dog star in Canis Major
What is Sirius / ʻAʻā
100
1) The Hawaiian and Western name of the star that lives on the celestial equator (Ke Alanui a...) 2) The house this star rises in
What is 1) Ke Kuʻukuʻu / Mintaka 2) Hikina
100
The northernmost star in this constellation is Hōkūlei, which rises in this house
What is Manu Koʻolau
100
The only south meridian pointer in Ke Kā o Makaliʻi
What is Murzim & Ke Aliʻi o Kona i ka Lewa
200
The names of Orion's two hunting dogs
What are Canis Minor and Canis Major
200
The Hawaiian and Western names of the stars in the twins
What is Nānāmua / Castor & Nānāhope / Pollux
200
1) The Hawaiian and Western names of the first star to rise in Orion, his left (top) shoulder; the Hawaiian name means alert 2) The house this star rises in
What is 1) Makaʻala / Bellatrix 2) Lā Koʻolau
200
The twin stars are neighbors to Hōkūlei, rising in this house
What is Noio Koʻolau
200
The two sets of north pointer pairs in Ke Kā o Makaliʻi
What are 1) Theta Auriga & Menkalinan 2) Puana splits Nānāmua & Nāmāhoe
300
The Hawaiian name of this constellation (Auriga) is the same as the name of its brightest star (Capella), meaning wreath of stars
What is Hōkūlei
300
The two Hawaiian names and Western name of the star in Taurus
What are Kapuahi, Hōkūʻula and Aldebaran
300
1) The Hawaiian and Western names of the star in Orion that is his armpit, follows the shoulder star in the sky 2) The house this star rises in
What is 1) Kauluakoko / Betelgeuse 2) Lā Koʻolau
300
Makaliʻi and Hōkūʻula both live in this house
What is ʻĀina Koʻolau
300
The latitude you are at when you measure Hōkūpaʻa 10 degrees above the horizon
What is 10 degrees north
400
The Hawaiian and Western names for the twins, a waʻa kaulua on Kauaʻi has this Hawaiian name
What is Nāmāhoe / Gemini
400
The Hawaiian name for Canopus, the star compass house Nālani was named because of this star
What is Ke Aliʻi o Kona i Ka Lewa
400
1) The Hawaiian and Western names of the star that is in Orion's left leg, the first of his 2 leg stars to rise 2) The house that this star rises in
What is 1)Puanakau / Rigel 2) Lā Malanai
400
The house that ʻAʻā/Sirius lives in
What is ʻĀina Malanai
400
The latitude you are at when you measure Hōkūpaʻa 21 degrees above the horizon
What is 21 degrees north, Oʻahu!
500
The southernmost constellation in this star line, the keel of a ship
What is Carina
500
The three different names of the star cluster that is the first thing to rise in this star line
What is Makaliʻi / Pleiades / Subaru
500
1) The Hawaiian and Western names of the star in Orion's right leg, the one that rises last of the whole constellation. The new Hawaiian name is a play on the sound of the Western name 2) The house this star rises from
What is 1) Puʻuhonua / Saiph 2) Lā Malanai
500
The house that Ke Aliʻi o Kona i ka Lewa rises in; it was named because of the star
What is Nālani Malanai
500
When you see Hānaiakamalama in the meridian and the distance between the top and bottom star is the same as the distance between the bottom star and the horizon = 6 degrees, this is the latitude you are at
What is 21 degrees north, Oʻahu!
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