Re: VMs: Folio 68r3

["Robert Teague" <rteague@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> _if_ the triangle on f68r3 refers to three named
> stars (which is not even certain to me), then a
> good candidate triplet should be Deneb, Vega and 
> Altair.
> 
> Personally, I don't like this solution, because 
> I like to see one that also explains the figure
> with the two stars and the figure with the four
> stars.
> In particular the latter one does not strike me
> as being obvious anywhere on the celestial
> sphere. 

You're right. 

> My guess has always been that there could be one
> picture for each season. Pleiades would be 
> winter, the above-mentioned triangle summer.
> The four stars that are obvious in autumn are
> Pegasus, but again, the shape is wrong...

I've looked for the patterns to appear somewhere
near the Moon as drawn. Algol and Mirfak fulfill
this requirement. 

Robert

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