Comments on: Meet Hamal, an ancient equinox star https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/hamal-ancient-equinox-star/ Updates on your cosmos and world Sun, 19 Nov 2023 12:03:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Claudia Crowley https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/hamal-ancient-equinox-star/#comment-835394 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:07:00 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=54774#comment-835394 Hamal means ram. Cool.

]]> By: Zodiac Signs and Their Dates - Universe Today https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/hamal-ancient-equinox-star/#comment-783101 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:13:54 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=54774#comment-783101 […] to be a red dwarf, a class of low temperature and low luminosity stars. And then there’s Alpha Areitis, which is easily spotted by the naked eye. Also known as “Hamal” – literally […]

]]> By: Science News / Star of the week: Hamal is an ancient equinox star https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/hamal-ancient-equinox-star/#comment-782092 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:12:46 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=54774#comment-782092 […] By Bruce McClure […]

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]]> By: AllTwoSee https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/hamal-ancient-equinox-star/#comment-760696 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:35:00 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=54774#comment-760696 I am Sharing this on my timeline with all my facebook friends, tMany thanks for sharing this knowledge with us.

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]]> By: Tittare https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/hamal-ancient-equinox-star/#comment-760141 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:50:00 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=54774#comment-760141 “If you could backtrack some 2,500 years, you’d find the annual conjunction of the sun and Hamal happening on the March equinox. In fact, if you could backtrack 2,200 years, we’d find the March equinox sun in conjunction with the star Sheratan” + “The March equinox sun shone in front of the constellation Aries from about 2,000 to 100 BCE.”
What did I overlook , please?

]]> By: Bright Star Arcturus is a Harbinger of Spring ~ | Global Light Minds https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/hamal-ancient-equinox-star/#comment-748460 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:02:09 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=54774#comment-748460 […] Hamal: Ancient equinox star […]

]]> By: zee https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/hamal-ancient-equinox-star/#comment-736309 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:25:14 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=54774#comment-736309 … gee – thnx for the sky chart , easy on the eyes for remembering :) …

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