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Having said this, and as long as no better definition of the group is available,
I can say that:
« Circle u1: a Ursa Minor.
« Circle u2: b Ursa Minor.
« Circle u3: star of Draco, related to
the Pole of the period.
« Circle u4: star of Draco, related to the Pole
of the period.
« Circle u5 (double?): z Ursa Major, Mizar and Alcor.
« Circle u6: Alioth, e Ursa Major.
« Circle u7: Alkaid, h Ursa Major.
« Circle U: Arcturus, a Boötes.
« Circle u8: b
Leo.
« Circle u9: h Boötes.
« Circle u10: e
Virgo.
« Circle u11: b
Virgo.
« Circle u12: h
Kentaurus.
« Circle u13: b
Lupus.
« Circle u14: k
Lupus.
« Circle u15: a
Lupus.
« Circles u16, u17, u18: stars of the Kentaurus.
To understand this solution, the best idea is to start with celestial chart
number 2, obtained on the basis of Alexander E. Zavalishin’s
Star Calc 5.71 astronomy program. We are
located in this program Arcturus at its culmination,
while the stars corresponding to the solution found
have been circled in red. The representation, with Arcturus in the middle, is clearly Pyrenean. In fact I saw the setting of Arcturus
based on consideration of the main witness in the first
group studied, 0100-01-01 Mulisko Gaina. Arcturus, I
must point out, in The Crowns, with Sirius and Fomalhaut, is a star to be remembered
in the Psc. The alpha of Boötes has appeared, as reflected
in numerous documents, on several occasions and in several
places, at the rising, at the culmination and at the
setting, as in the case of Sirius and Fomalhaut. Circle
U, Arcturus, is by a long stretch the
most outstanding star in the subgroup as a result of
its diameter, the strength of its witnesses, the message
conveyed by these witnesses and its outstanding position
in general. The Northern subgroup, as in the case of
the Southern subgroup with respect to Sirius, and unlike
that of the centre in relation to Fomalhaut, was drawn
on the field with Arcturus in culmination, a moment
when, together with the circle-stars accompanying it
in the representation, they form an enormous circle,
in this case meridian, stretching from north to south,
from the Ursas and Draco to Lupus and the Kentaurus,
passing through Arcturus itself and Virgo.
—What stars are missing?
— First of all observing chart
2, Spica, frequent companion of Arcturus in the Pyrenees. Then Regulus and
Antares in that order. I would say that all three have
remains on the ground demanding careful excavation.
We must point out with respect to representation, one of the constants
of the Psc, the contraction of the figure formed by
the asterisms, close to abstraction in some cases, but
always related to the intended representation. The alignment
U-u9-u10 and u11, Arcturus, a Boo -Mufrid, h Boo -Vindemiatrix,
e Vir and Zavijava,
b Vir, with Deneb
to the north of Zavijava and NW of Videmiatrix, is one
example. There is absolutely no point in approaching
the Psc with the preconceived idea that it is impossible
for one or two shepherds from around 3,000 years ago
to have been capable of so subtly describing the firmament;
it has to be approached in the belief that we have here
an astonishing graphic representation, for the simple
reason that they are —all—
there, and, as such, can be observed precisely, on the
condition that we grant a vote of confidence to the
skills of the creators in question. This kind of representative
contraction has been indicated on several occasions;
just remember what I saw and wrote in Del
crónlech pirenaico Ed. Txertoa, 1997, San Sebastián,
in 0100-01-12 Errenkalko and in 0100-01-17 Urgarata
(Añona), and, in the same instalment, even Okabe. All
places of clear astronomic coherence, provided that
we apply a minimum amount of good will when trying to
understand a coded message which, without this predisposition,
we would challenge head-on as anachronistic.
The Arcturus of The Crown is
paradigmatic and therefore, as is the case of so many
Psc’s, rather than a precise instant, indicates a sequence
ranging from the culmination to the setting of Arcturus.
The witnesses of circle U, in addition to indicating the said sequence, refers to simultaneous
positions of Northern stars, while those ranging from
222º-229º may well represent successive locations of
Antares with respect to the setting of Arcturus, Shupa at
that point, by Chipeta at the foot of the Subordán?
The Psc’s of The Crown, like
so many others, while extremely far from telling us
what they contain, certainly require a degree of collaboration:
removal of the trees that are destroying them and hiding
the landscape that inspired them.
The stars of this subgroup come from the celestial space lying between
the sequential culminations of Sirius and Arcturus,
which can be understood as the area Or-Un
and consists, among other constellations, of: The Twins,
Cancer, Hydra, the Crater, the Crow, the Virgin, Kentaurus
and Lupus.
Given this solution and that of the remaining subgroups, to the SE of U and NE of u12, it would make sense to search for a circle representing Spica,
and to the east of u8
another comparable to Regulus. It would also be appropriate
to find a circle representing Altair to the west of
U, and another
representing Antares to the west of u13 and u14. But let’s
get our own understanding straight before proceeding
to search for new circles: The Crowns only seems to represent the
stars from the celestial sectors —each sector is defined
by the radius stretching from the Pole to each of the
three stars mentioned— Ku-Or and Or-Un, given that I have not yet found a star in the Un-Ku sector, which, were it to exist,
and given the apparent conception of the group, would
appear to the left of U and to the right of K. These, a series of constructions traced
from the firmament during the annual cycle, are so well
done, that the clumsy word or the word clumsy throws
a shadow over their understanding and meaning. For the
time being it is better to keep my mouth shut. I tried
when reviewing the subject at the end of April to confirm
these claims in the area corresponding to Spica, where
there are remains and stones on the basis of which to
make a hypothetical reconstruction of the said star,
but to no avail. However, given their tremendous unreliability,
I wouldn’t even dare to draw a circle with a discontinued
line. This said, slight excavation of the area could
shine some kind of a light on this theory, as should
be the case with the remains found in the areas corresponding
to Regulus and Antares.
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