Stars of the water
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Sebau-nu-mu Sb3w-nw-mw Stars of the water |
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Sebau-nu-mu is in the Ramesside Star watches the ancient Egyptian name of the located in the southern sky constellation star of the water . Sebau-nu-mu is the constellation aft deck of the ship .
Constellation and hour star
As a star of the hour , the main star Naos represented the other stars of the water (Puppis: ρ, ο, π 1 , l, m, 1 and 3).
Naos culminated in the Ramesside star clocks in 1463 BC. On 8th Peret III (February 14th greg. ) In the 1st night hour and on 23rd Achet III (November 2nd greg. ) In the 10th night hour . When Claudius Ptolemy Naos is a star of the fourth magnitude listed.
The stars of the water lay close together and covered an area similar to the Hyades . All stars in this constellation, except ρ and 3, lie in the Milky Way : It is therefore possible that the part of the name water refers to the Milky Way.
Right ascension and declination 1463 BC Chr.
Naos had greg on February 7th . 1463 BC The right ascension 6 h, 2 m, 46.75 and the declination −34 ° 48 '29.5.
literature
- Christian Leitz : Ancient Egyptian star clocks . Peeters, Leuven 1995, ISBN 90-6831-669-9 .
- Otto Neugebauer , Richard Anthony Parker : Egyptian Astronomical Texts. 4 volumes. Brown University Press, Providence 1960-1972.