The Backbone and The Chief’s Fishline Awe ‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch

Summary: The Backbone and The Chief’s Fishline, as respective Kaiwikuamoo and Manaiakalani navigational star families and star lines, awe ‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch.

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Kaiwikuamoʻo the Backbone, one of four star families in Hawai'i's skies: Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook July 3, 2024

The Backbone and The Chief’s Fishline, as respective Kaiwikuamoo and Manaiakalani star lines among four navigational star families associated, one per quadrant, with the celestial sphere, awe ‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch.

Kaiwikuamoo and Manaiakalani (from Hawaiian ka iwi kua mo’o, “the bone back lizard[‘s]”; māna ia ka lani, “hook fish the chief[‘s]”) star lines beautify night skies. Hawaii-state skies over University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii County and island (from Hawaiian hilo, “thread”; ha wai ‘i, “breath life-force supreme”) configure them from 8:00 p.m. Eight p.m. Hawaii-Aleutian Time (HAST) onward denotes 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 Kaiwikuamoo, exiting akau (‘ākau, north, “right [of west-ensconced sun]”) horizon’s Hōkūpā (Leo, from Hawaiian hōkū pā, “star fence”), enters ho’olua (northwest, “[rain-bearing strong] wind”).

Nahiku (Big Dipper, from Hawaiian Nā Hiku ka Huihui a Makali’i, “the seven of [the] cluster of [the] eyes/stars little [= Pleiades]”) faces the northwest horizon.

Hokuleʻa (Arcturus, from Hawaiian Hōkūleʻa, “star clear/happy”) gazes komohana- (west, "[where sun] enters [sea]”) horizon’s Hokupa (Leo, from Hawaiian hōkū pā, “star fence”), Ukaliali’i- (Mercury-) ward. July 2024 honors as night-sky planet Ukaliali’i (from Hawaiian ukali ali’i, “following [sun] chief”) and as malanai (southeast, “gentle breeze”) night-sky galaxy I’a (Milky Way, “fish”). Hikianalia (Spica, from Hawaiian hiki, “star") and Me’e (Corvus [from Latin corvus, “crow, raven"]; Marquesan me’e, “voice of joy”; Hawaiian me’e, “admired/hero/heroic/heroine/prominent”) likewise illuminate komohana horizon-ward.

The Backbone, like The Chief’s Fishline, journeys during ‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch to hema (south, “left [of west-ensconced sun]”) horizon’s star asterism and triple-star systems.

The hema horizon knows Hanaiakamalama (Southern Cross, Crux, from Hawaiian hānai a ka malama, “cared by moon”) as last, southern horizon-kept vertebra of The Backbone Kaiwikuamoo.

Kamailehope (Alpha Centauri, from Hawaiian ka maile hope, “the maile[-shrub] first”) and Kamailemua (Beta Centauri, ka maile mua, “the maile[-shrub] last”) locate between July star lines. The malanai horizon makes Kamakaunuiamaui (Scorpius, from Hawaiian ka makau nui a māui, “the fishhook big of [demi-god] Māui”) southernmost manifestation of the chief’s fishline Manaiakalani. Pimoe (Sagittarius, from Hawaiian pī moe, “sparse sleep”) nestles into niches northerlier to Maui’s (from Hawaiian māui, “bruise, sprain”) big fishhook, southerlier to the Navigator’s Triangle.

‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch offers to night-sky observers The Backbone Kaiwikuamoo and The Chief’s Fishline Manaiakalani observing their ordinary occupancies organized over north-south, south-north orientations.

Humu, Keoe and Piraetea (Altair, Vega, Deneb, from Hawaiian humu, “fishhook-hole”; keoe, "sweet potato”; pira'etea, “white sea swallow”) position themselves in ka huinakolu a ka ho’okele.

Aquila bright-star Humu, Lyra bright-star Keoe, Cygnus bright-star Piraetea respectively queue ka huinakolu a ka ho’okele (“the triangle of the navigator”) along hikina, hikina-koolau, koolau horizons. Constellations Aquila, Lyra, Cygnus (from Latin aquila, “eagle”; Greek λῠ́ρᾱ, “lyre”; Greek κύκνος, “swan”) respectively regale hikina (“east”), hikina-koolau, koolau (from Hawaiian ko’olau, “north, windward”) horizons. Hazy, milk-white, streaming I’a, perhaps 30 degrees in its strongest width, stretches from between akau-koolau horizons; through hikina, malanai, hema horizons; to between hema-kona (“leeward”) horizons.

‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch nightly teams The Backbone and The Chief’s Fishline with Altair, Deneb, Vega; Scorpius; Alpha Centauri, Beta Centauri; Southern Cross; Leo; Mercury.

Mānaiakalani the Fish Hook of Maui, one of four star families in Hawai'i's skies: Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook July 3, 2024

Acknowledgment

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

Image credits:

Kaiwikuamoʻo the Backbone, one of four star families in Hawai'i's skies: Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook July 3, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=872829218197358&set=pb.100064108621874.-2207520000/; via Facebook July 3, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=872829218197358&set=a.451186320361652; via Facebook July 3, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/imiloaastronomycenter/posts/872829218197358

Mānaiakalani the Fish Hook of Maui, one of four star families in Hawai'i's skies: Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook July 3, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=872829191530694&set=pb.100064108621874.-2207520000/; via Facebook July 3, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=872829191530694&set=a.451186320361652; via Facebook July 3, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/imiloaastronomycenter/posts/872829191530694/

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