The Greeks and Romans, with fairly useless calendars, continued to depend upon observing the heliacal risings and settings of stars. |
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It is possible that all the planetary orbs originate from an early attempt to record heliacal obscurity. |
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Such heliacal risings could, therefore, be used to determine the seasons and the tropical year. |
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Due to the revolution of the earth, heliacal and acronical phenomena are separated by six months of time for a given star. |
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The heliacal sun rite leads them to the cult of the Word and the Spirit. |
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Smith wheelpoint to the stars Rigel, Aldebaran and Sirius, whose heliacal risings help chart summer. |
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For the Maya, the heliacal rising of Venus was associated with destruction and upheaval. |
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The Atharvaveda calls Rohini the devoted wife of Rohita, the rising sun, which suggests heliacal observation. |
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In its simplest form, Molnar's theory identifies the star of Bethlehem as the planet Jupiter in its heliacal rise. |
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Their heliacal setting in March and acronychian setting in October could have been used by the farmers to define their working year. |
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The most commonly cited astronomical phenomenon in the Works and Days is the heliacal rising of a star. |
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Brophy further suggests that other stones indicate an alignment with the heliacal rising of specific stars at the vernal equinox, events which occur once every 25,900 years. |
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In this heliacal observation the star is visible very briefly. |
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A RE-EXAMINATION OF HELIACAL RISE AND SET PHENOMENA FOR BRIGHT STARS IN THE MAYAN SKY Shabnam Kaderi, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee. |
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