‘Imiloa June 2024 Sky Watch Addresses Backbone Star Line Kaiwikuamo’o

Summary: ‘Imiloa June 2024 Sky Watch addresses backbone star line Kaiwikuamo’o (from Hawaiian ‘imi loa, “to search far”; ka iwi kua moo, “the bone back lizard”).

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Hawaiian star line Kaiwikuamoʻo the Backbone shines in 'Imiloa Astronomy Center's Sky Watch for June 2024: Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook May 29, 2024

‘Imiloa June 2024 Sky Watch addresses backbone star line Kaiwikuamo’o (from Hawaiian ‘imi loa, “to search far”; ka iwi kua moo, “the bone back lizard”) ambling from North to South Celestial Poles.

Night skies bare Kaiwikuamo’o 8:00 p.m. Hawaii-Aleutian (4:00 Chamorro, 7:00 Samoa, 10:00 Alaska, 11:00 Pacific, midnight Mountain, 1:00 a.m. Central, 2:00 Eastern, 3:00 Atlantic) Time onward. The backbone Kaiwikuamo’o commences from the ‘ākau (north, “right [of west-ensconced sun]”) horizon, curving without contacting ko’olau (northeast, “windward”) or ho’olua (northwest, “[rain-bearing strong] wind”) horizons. It divides night skies without domiciling hikina (“east”) or komohana (west, “[where the sun] enters [the sea]”), malanai (southeast, “gentle breeze”) or kona (southwest, “leeward”) horizons.

Backbone star line Kaiwikuamo’o ends at hema (south, “left [of west-ensconced sun]”), whose horizon ko’olau-, hikina-, malanai-, kona-, komohana-embracing I’a (Milky Way, "fish") and it embellish.

The constellation Hānaiakamalama (Southern Cross, Crux), with Kaulia (Gacrux) top, Ka Mole Honua (Acrux) bottom and Na Kuhikuhi leftward, pointer stars, finishes backbone star line Kaiwikuamo’o.

The hema horizon southward to the malanai horizon guards the triple-star system Kamailemua (Beta Centauri), then triple-star system Kamailehope (Alpha Centauri), then the constellation Kamakaunulamāui (Scorpius). Backbone star line Kaiwikuamo’o houses, as it heads back northward, neither the latter constellation, heralded as the fishhook of [demi-god] Maui, nor the two triple-star systems. The southerliest vertebra of backbone star line Kaiwikuamo’o is Me’e (Corvus [from Latin corvus, “crow, raven"]; Marquesan me’e, “voice of joy”; Hawaiian me’e, “admired, prominent; hero/heroic/heroine”).

‘Imiloa June 2024 Sky Watch jubilates the four-star Me’e constellation, with northerlier Algorab and Gienah stars, southerlier Kraz and Minkar stars, in backbone star line Kaiwikuamo’o.

The Me’e quartet, also known as northerlier Delta and Gamma Corvi, as southerlier Beta and Epsilon Corvi, keep southwest of Hikianalia (Spica, from Hawaiian hiki, “star").

Orange-red Hōkūleʻa (Arcturus, from Hawaiian Hōkūleʻa, “star clear, [of] gladness”), as brightest northern-hemisphere star, lies north-northeast of blue-white, medium-bright Hikianalia and east of the constellation Hōkūpā. Hōkūpā (Leo, from Hawaiian hōkū pā, “star fence”) manifests itself due west of the backbone vertebra maintained by Hōkūle’a and south of that maintained by Nāhiku. Nāhiku (Big Dipper, from Hawaiian Nā Hiku ka Huihui a Makali’i, “the seven of [the] cluster of [the] eyes/stars little [= Pleiades]”) nestles north-northwest of Hōkūle’a.

‘Imiloa June 2024 Sky Watch Offers Night Skies the Big Dipper, with three-star handle to four-star bowl, as the Nāhiku vertebra in backbone star line Kaiwikuamo’o.

A backward, north-northwest-west-south-northwest-north countdown positions east-most Hiku pau (Alkaid, “seven-finished”), north-most Hiku ono (Mizar, “seven-six”), north-northwesterly Hiku lima (Alioth, “seven-five”) handle stars respectively first-, second-, third-named.

A backward, south-northwest-north countdown queues bowl stars Hiku [a]ha (Megrez, “seven-four”), Hiku kolu (Phad/Phecda, “seven-three”), Hiku [‘a]lua Merak, “seven-two”), Hiku kahi (Dubhe, “seven-one”) fourth- through seventh-named. The Nāhiku asterism, with its bright seven Ursa Major constellation stars, resides northeast of Nānāmua (Castor) and a bit more northeast of Nānāhope ([Castor’s twin] Pollux). Nāhiku, Nānāhope and Nānāmua shelter southwestward of northerliest ‘ākau's (“north”) Hōkūpa’a (North Star, from Hawaiian nānā mua, “star first”; nānā hope, “star last”; hōkūpa’a, “star immovable”).

‘Imiloa June 2024 Sky Watch teams Hānaiakamalama (“cared by moon”), Hōkūpā, Kaiwikuamo’o, Kamailehope (“the maile-shrub first”), Kamailemua (“the maile-shrub last”) and Kamakaunulamāui (“the fishhook big Maui[‘s]”).

Nāhiku's three-star handle and four-star bowl participate as vertebrae in the backbone star line Kaiwikuamo’o: Our Kaka‘ako is with Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook Sep. 20, 2022

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

Hawaiian star line Kaiwikuamoʻo the Backbone shines in 'Imiloa Astronomy Center's Sky Watch for June 2024: Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook May 29, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=850383220441958&set=a.451186320361652;
Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook May 29, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=850383220441958&set=pb.100064108621874.-2207520000;

Nāhiku's three-star handle and four-star bowl participate as vertebrae in the backbone star line Kaiwikuamo’o: Our Kaka‘ako is with Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook Sep. 20, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/ourkakaako/posts/pfbid02e2fB2gssgywAyPYEHjovNbroPDikZH5VnVTxGAEee1izeeL9ds38m3FhEZkF8yQ9l;
Our Kaka‘ako is with Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook Sep. 20, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/ourkakaako/photos/t.100064108621874/5532213923539499/;

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