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Polaris

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From Polaris. Every edge is named. Color is not the signal.

PolarisPolarisThe MagiThe MagiHōkūleʻaHōkūleʻa
  • Astronomical geometry
  • Editorial parallel

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Polaris

Placed beside Hōkūleʻa to keep the difference visible: Polynesian wayfinding does not depend on a north pole star. Placed beside the Magi to keep another difference visible: a pole star is geometry. A gospel star is a sign.

HoldscheckedPresent epoch; precession ongoing

Which other 'universal' sky marks are only local?

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  1. Editorial parallel

    A gospel sign beside a pole star. Geometry is not theology.

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  2. Astronomical geometry

    Kept beside one another to show that wayfinding here is not a north-pole-star method.

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