Tambo Colorado is the best-preserved Inca adobe complex in Peru, its walls still bearing original polychrome paint in vivid red, black, white, and yellow ochre. A trapezoidal central plaza stretching 150 meters on its longest side organized the settlement, with administrative buildings, residential quarters, and ceremonial platforms surrounding it. Located strategically in the Pisco River Valley where the road from Cusco descended to the coast, it functioned as a waystation and administrative checkpoint on the Qhapaq Nan highway. The surviving pigments reveal that Inca architecture was never the austere gray stone we see today. At 62.81° bearing to Giza.
WikipediaStellar Alignments (89 stars)
| Star ▴ | Rise Az ▴ | Rise Δ ▴ | Set Az ▴ | Set Δ ▴ | Tradition ▴ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleiades (Alcyone) | 87.2° | — | 272.9° | — | |
| Orion's Belt (Alnilam) | 105.0° | — | 255.0° | — | |
| Sirius | 111.4° | — | 248.6° | — | |
| Thuban | — | — | — | — | |
| Vega | 45.8° | — | 314.2° | — | |
| Regulus | 65.3° | — | 294.7° | — | |
| Aldebaran | 92.0° | — | 268.0° | — | |
| Antares | 97.3° | — | 262.7° | — | |
| Fomalhaut | 135.9° | — | 224.1° | — | |
| Arcturus | 43.0° | — | 317.0° | — | |
| Galactic Center (Sgr A*) | 105.1° | — | 254.9° | — | |
| Galactic Anti-Center | 75.0° | — | 285.0° | — | |
| Deneb | 52.3° | — | 307.7° | — | |
| Capella | 60.0° | — | 299.9° | — | |
| Castor | 62.1° | — | 297.9° | — | |
| Pollux | 64.5° | — | 295.5° | — | |
| Procyon | 85.3° | — | 274.7° | — | |
| Betelgeuse | 95.0° | — | 265.0° | — | |
| Rigel | 113.7° | — | 246.3° | — | |
| Bellatrix | 98.6° | — | 261.4° | — | |
| Achernar | — | — | — | — | |
| Acrux | 131.7° | — | 228.3° | — | |
| Mimosa | 127.8° | — | 232.3° | — | |
| Altair | 81.2° | — | 278.8° | — | |
| Kochab | — | — | — | — | |
| Dubhe | 13.1° | — | 346.9° | — | |
| Alkaid | 9.9° | — | 350.1° | — | |
| Mizar | — | — | — | — | |
| Hamal | 90.2° | — | 269.8° | — | |
| Zubenelgenubi | 82.6° | — | 277.4° | — | |
| Alnitak | 105.3° | — | 254.7° | — | |
| Mintaka | 104.5° | — | 255.5° | — | |
| Saiph | 112.1° | — | 247.9° | — | |
| Peacock | 144.6° | — | 215.4° | — | |
| Miaplacidus | 146.7° | — | 213.3° | — | |
| Rigil Kentaurus | 129.8° | — | 230.2° | — | |
| Hadar | 127.8° | — | 232.2° | — | |
| Gacrux | 125.2° | — | 234.8° | — | |
| Naos | 126.5° | — | 233.5° | — | |
| Suhail | 123.7° | — | 236.3° | — | |
| Avior | 141.9° | — | 218.1° | — | |
| Atria | 140.4° | — | 219.6° | — | |
| Regor | 132.6° | — | 227.4° | — | |
| Alsephina | 135.9° | — | 224.1° | — | |
| Shaula | 112.0° | — | 248.0° | — | |
| Ankaa | 156.0° | — | 204.0° | — | |
| Menkent | 102.3° | — | 257.7° | — | |
| Alpheratz | 82.0° | — | 277.9° | — | |
| Eltanin | 30.0° | — | 330.0° | — | |
| Kornephoros | 49.7° | — | 310.3° | — | |
| Rasalhague | 63.6° | — | 296.4° | — | |
| Denebola | 54.3° | — | 305.7° | — | |
| Alhena | 82.4° | — | 277.6° | — | |
| Alphard | 89.0° | — | 271.0° | — | |
| Bharani | 93.0° | — | 267.0° | — | |
| Pushya | 67.6° | — | 292.4° | — | |
| Adhara | 123.2° | — | 236.8° | — | |
| Wezen | 119.7° | — | 240.3° | — | |
| Navi | 51.3° | — | 308.7° | — | |
| Schedar | 55.3° | — | 304.7° | — | |
| Nunki | 108.5° | — | 251.5° | — | |
| Canopus | 148.0° | — | 212.0° | — | |
| Kaus Australis | 113.3° | — | 246.7° | — | |
| Sabik | 89.5° | — | 270.5° | — | |
| Scheat | 80.0° | — | 280.0° | — | |
| Enif | 91.4° | — | 268.6° | — | |
| Diphda | 131.8° | — | 228.2° | — | |
| Alphecca | 40.3° | — | 319.7° | — | |
| Rasalgethi | 60.4° | — | 299.6° | — | |
| Spica | 77.2° | — | 282.9° | — | |
| Zubeneschamali | 76.6° | — | 283.4° | — | |
| Unukalhai | 61.8° | — | 298.2° | — | |
| Murzim | 116.6° | — | 243.4° | — | |
| Phact | 136.1° | — | 223.9° | — | |
| Mirfak | 61.9° | — | 298.1° | — | |
| Vindemiatrix | 54.8° | — | 305.2° | — | |
| Markab | 92.6° | — | 267.4° | — | |
| Algol | 71.4° | — | 288.6° | — | |
| Sadalmelik | 103.1° | — | 256.9° | — | |
| Sadalsuud | 105.0° | — | 255.1° | — | |
| Sun (Summer Solstice) | 65.8° | — | 294.2° | — | |
| Sun (Winter Solstice) | 114.2° | — | 245.8° | — | |
| Sun (Equinox) | 90.0° | — | 270.0° | — | |
| Sun (Northern Cross-Quarter) | 73.0° | — | 287.0° | — | |
| Sun (Southern Cross-Quarter) | 107.0° | — | 253.0° | — | |
| Moon (N Major Standstill) | 60.4° | — | 299.6° | — | |
| Moon (S Major Standstill) | 119.6° | — | 240.4° | — | |
| Moon (N Minor Standstill) | 70.7° | — | 289.3° | — | |
| Moon (S Minor Standstill) | 109.3° | — | 250.7° | — |
Convergence Events (7)
62.4°
Alphecca Rise
Celtic (Caer Arianrhod), Arabic, Aboriginal, Pawnee (council ring)
Δ 0.4°
61.9°
Bharani (41 Arietis) Rise
Hindu/Vedic (death/rebirth nakshatra), IAU named
Δ 0.9°
61.1°
Pollux Rise
Greek (Dioscuri), Hindu (Punarvasu), Chinese, Arabic
Δ 1.7°
61.0°
Scheat Rise
Hindu (Purva Bhadrapada), Arabic, Chinese, Persian
Δ 1.8°
65.2°
Pleiades (Alcyone) Rise
Maya, Greek, Aboriginal, Hindu (Krittika), Japanese (Subaru)
Δ 2.3°
60.0°
Alpheratz Rise
Chinese (Wall/Bi mansion), Arabic, Hindu
Δ 2.8°
65.8°
Hamal Rise
Babylonian, Arabic (the ram), Hindu, Chinese
Δ 3.0°
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