‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch Admires Planet Saturn Dusk to Dawn

Summary: ‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch admires Planet Saturn dusk to dawn even as dark hours admit a constellation, a galaxy, a star cluster, two planets more.

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Planet Saturn, first acknowledged Friday, July 30, 1610 telescopically by Galileo Galilei (Feb. 15, 1564-Jan. 8, 1642) of Pisa, Duchy of Florence [of subsequent northern Italy], adorns, Hawaiianized as Makalii (Pleiades [Greek πλέω, “to sail”?], from Hawaiian maka li’i, “beloved diminutive”?), the evening and the night, the post-midnight and the pre-dawn skies of ‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch (Hawaiianized as Kepakemapa); observations of Saturn as a planet depicted with two moons in 1610 and as a planet with two "arms" in 1616 by the Florentine astronomer: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch admires Planet Saturn dusk to dawn even as dark hours admit a constellation, a galaxy, a star cluster, two planets more, albeit all absent from early-morning appearances.

Browsing darkened skies begin 8:00 p.m. Hawaii-Aleutian (4:00 Chamorro, 7:00 Samoa, 10:00 Alaska, 11:00 Pacific, midnight Mountain, 1:00 next-day Central, 2:00 Eastern, 3:00 Atlantic) Time onward. Such starry skies contain Backbone, Fishhook, Kawelo Kite navigational star families and star lines; new, first-quarter, full, last-quarter moon phases; Milky Way galaxy; and Planet Saturn. Akau, Hoolua, Komohana horizons (from Hawaiian ‘ākau, “right [of west-ensconced sun]”; ho’olua, “[rain-bearing strong] north wind”; komo, “west [where sun] enters [sea]”) domicile Backbone star line.

Backbone star line, as Kaiwikuamoo, entertains Hokupaa, Nahiku and Hokulea (from Hawaiian Kaiwikuamo’o, “the lizard’s backbone”; Hōkūpa’a, “star immovable”; Nāhiku, “the seven”; Hōkūle’a, “star clear/happy”) stars.

Koolau northeast horizon diagonally to sky center to Kona southwest horizon features Fishhook star line, Manaiakalani (from Hawaiian māna ia ka lani, “hook fish the chief[‘s]”).

Manaiakalani guards there its Pira’etea (“white sea-swallow”), Keoe (“sweet potato [‘ulua, Ipomoea batatas]”), Humu (“fishhook hole”), Pīmoe (“trevally [ulua, Caranx spp]”), Kamakaunuiamāui, “Maui’s big fishhook”) stars. Ia (Milky Way, from Hawaiian i’a, “fish”) galaxy houses there with the aforementioned Fishhook stars, hailed among Unitedstatesian mainlanders as Deneb, Vega, Altair, Sagittarius and Scorpius. Kawelo Kite, as Kalupeakawelo (“the kite of Kawelo [personal name for “family trait”]”), inhabits Akau through Koolau northeast horizons, to Hikina east and Malanai southeast horizons.

Planet Saturn journeys in the Hikina east horizon dusk to dawn, when and where ‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch jubilates Kawelo Kite as Kalupeakawelo star line.

Akau, Koolau, Hikina and Malanai horizons know as September (Hawaiianized Kepakemapa) navigational star family the Kalupeakawelo star line, commonly Kawelo’s Kite and the kite of Kawelo.

Saturn (Hawaiianized Makulu) lodges between Hikina and Malanai horizons, between Kalupeakawelo stars Keawe (“the bearer”) northward, Kukaniloko (“to anchor sound within”) and Nalani (“the heavens”) southward. It manifests southeast of Kalupeakawelo star-line stars Piilani (“climb heavenward”), Manokalanipo (“shark of the heavenly night”), themselves west of Kakuhihewa (“chart mistakenly”) and Kamoi (“the king”). Early morning nudges into the pre-dawn to dawn skies one constellation, one star cluster and two planets more as neighbors that nestle near “night-owl” Planet Saturn.

Hours dusk to dawn occasion Planet Saturn as optimal extra-navigational star-family, extra-star-line occurrence observed over new, first-quarter, full, last-quarter moons of ‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch.

Pre-dawn skies present Jupiter (Hawaiianized Kaʻāwela, from Hawaiian ka āwela, “the young Christmas wrasse [Thalassoma fuscum]”) and Mars (Hawaiianized Hōkūʻula, from Hawaiian hōkū ula, “star red”).

Early-morning western skies queue Planet Saturn, then Planet Jupiter center-west with the star cluster Makalii (Pleiades [Greek πλέω, “to sail”?], from Hawaiian maka li’i, “beloved diminutive”?). The constellation Orion (from Akkadian Uru-anna, “heaven’s light” via Greek Ὠρῑ́ων via Latin Ōrīōn), Hawaiianized as Kaheiheianākeiki (“the cat’s cradle of the children”), resides center-west too. Planet Mars shows last and red from early-morning skies east of Planet Saturn, settled in southeastern skies evening and night, western skies pre-dawn to shining sunrise.

‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch treats Planet Saturn trekking darkened skies dusk to dawn with the Milky Way, lightening pre-dawn with Jupiter, Mars, Orion and Pleiades.

Planet Saturn westward, Planet Jupiter (Hawaiianized as Kaawela, from Hawaiian ka āwela, “the young Christmas wrasse [Thalassoma fuscum]”) center-ward with Pleiades (Hawaiianized as Makalii [Pleiades (Greek πλέω, “to sail”?), from Hawaiian maka li’i, “beloved diminutive”?]) star cluster and Planet Mars (Hawaiianized as Hōkūʻula, from Hawaiian hōkū ula, “star red”) east of Makulu (Saturn Hawaiianized) aestheticize early-morning, pre-dawn skies September 2024 (Hawaiianized Kepakemapa) over ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii County and island, Hawaii state (from Hawaiian ‘imi loa, “to search far”; ha wai ‘i, “breath life-force supreme”; hilo, “thread”); (top) observations of Mars made by English polymath Robert Hooke (July 18, 1635-March 3, 1703) March 3, 10, 21, 22, 23 and 28, 1666; (right) observations of Mars made February and March 1666 by Italian, French-naturalized, astronomer and mathematician Giovanni Domenico Cassini (June 8, 1625-Sep. 14, 1712); (left center) observation of Jupiter made June 26, 1666 by Robert Hooke; observation made June 29, 1666, by Robert Hooke; (left lower) observation of Saturn made June 29, 1666, by Robert Hooke; Robert Hooke, "The particular observations of the planet Mars, formerly intimated to have been made by Mr Hook in February and March last" (pages 239-242), "Some observations, made in Italy, confirming the former; and withall fixing the period of the said planet's revolution" (pages 242-245) and "Observation lately made at London, of the planet Jupiter: as also of Saturn" (pages 245-247), Philosophiscal Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 1, num. 14 (Monday, July 2, 1666), opposite page 231: Public Domain, CC0 -- Creative Commons (CC0 1.0), via Smithsonian Libraries

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Planet Saturn, first acknowledged Friday, July 30, 1610 telescopically by Galileo Galilei (Feb. 15, 1564-Jan. 8, 1642) of Pisa, Duchy of Florence [of subsequent northern Italy], adorns, Hawaiianized as Makalii (Pleiades [Greek πλέω, “to sail”?], from Hawaiian maka li’i, “beloved diminutive”?), the evening and the night, the post-midnight and the pre-dawn skies of ‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch (Hawaiianized as Kepakemapa); observations of Saturn as a planet depicted with two moons in 1610 and as a planet with two "arms" in 1616 by the Florentine astronomer: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galileosaturnus.jpg; via NASA Huygens' Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) @ https://attic.gsfc.nasa.gov/huygensgcms/Shistory.htm

Planet Saturn westward, Planet Jupiter (Hawaiianized as Kaawela, from Hawaiian ka āwela, “the young Christmas wrasse [Thalassoma fuscum]”) center-ward with Pleiades (Hawaiianized as Makalii [Pleiades (Greek πλέω, “to sail”?), from Hawaiian maka li’i, “beloved diminutive”?]) star cluster and Planet Mars (Hawaiianized as Hōkūʻula, from Hawaiian hōkū ula, “star red”) east of Makulu (Saturn Hawaiianized) aestheticize early-morning, pre-dawn skies September 2024 (Hawaiianized Kepakemapa) over ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii County and island, Hawaii state (from Hawaiian ‘imi loa, “to search far”; ha wai ‘i, “breath life-force supreme”; hilo, “thread”); (top) observations of Mars made by English polymath Robert Hooke (July 18, 1635-March 3, 1703) March 3, 10, 21, 22, 23 and 28, 1666; (right) observations of Mars made February and March 1666 by Italian, French-naturalized, astronomer and mathematician Giovanni Domenico Cassini (June 8, 1625-Sep. 14, 1712); (left center) observation of Jupiter made June 26, 1666 by Robert Hooke; observation made June 29, 1666, by Robert Hooke; (left lower) observation of Saturn made June 29, 1666, by Robert Hooke; Robert Hooke, "The particular observations of the planet Mars, formerly intimated to have been made by Mr Hook in February and March last" (pages 239-242), "Some observations, made in Italy, confirming the former; and withall fixing the period of the said planet's revolution" (pages 242-245) and "Observation lately made at London, of the planet Jupiter: as also of Saturn" (pages 245-247), Philosophiscal Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 1, num. 14 (Munday, July 2, 1666), opposite page 231: Public Domain, CC0 -- Creative Commons (CC0 1.0), via Smithsonian Libraries @ https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/philosophicaltr1roya; Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hooke,_Cassini_Drawings_of_Mars,_Jupiter_and_Saturn_1666.jpg; Public Domain, via Internet Archive @ https://archive.org/details/philosophicaltra1166roya/page/n249/mode/1up; Public Domain, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47594205; Public Domain, via Project Gutenberg @ https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/28758/pg28758-images.html

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