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Te Ōmutu o Pipiri 24mm

Sky Vibes V2

Foundation

Matariki (Pleiades), Kōpū (Venus), Takero (Mercury) and ŌMUTU (moon phase) all rising in the east before dawn. 

In my culture we use the sun, moon and stars to tell what day of the year it is. The sun tells us the season, the pre dawn rising of stars tells us the month and the moon tells us the day.

Omutu is 2 phases before Whiro the new moon and is considered not a good time for planting, harvesting or fishing etc. While it is not bad it is also not good.

6:20am 27th June 2022

Sony a7iii
85mm f1.4
ISO 2500
24MP

The Matariki cluster has 9 stars. 

Matariki - Alcyone 
Ururangi - Merope 
Waipunarangi - Electra 
Waita - Maia 
Waiti - Taygeta 
Tupuarangi - Atlas 
Tupuanuku - Pleione 
Pohutukawa - Asterope 
Hiwaiterangi - Celaeno