Astronomical Survey on the Seven-Star Stones of the Woon-Ju-Sa Temple in Hawoon, Chollanamdo

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Dec 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995pkas...10..109k&link_type=abstract

Publications of the Korean Astronomical Society, vol.10, no.1, p.109-125

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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According to historical records, Woo-Ju-Sa temple in Hwa-Soon, Chollanamdo, have had one thousand stone buddhas and one thousand stone pagodas, located south-west hill side of Woon-Ju-Sa is the Seven-Star-Stone(SSS). It consists of seven circular rocks with varying sizes that form a pattern similar to the constellation Ursa Major. SSS(Seven Star Stone) is an important astronomical remain because it might be one of the oldest records showing stellar brightness in Korea. We have compared the sizes of SSSs with the magnitudes of stars of Ursa Major. It is found that the sizes of SSSs do roughly represent the magnitudes of Ursa Major stars in a way consistent with the magnitude scale used in Chun-Sang-Yul-Cha-Bun-Ya-Ji-Do of Chosun.

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