ALOHA STAR GAZERS, TRACE HERE.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE EIGHTY-EIGHT FORMALLY RECOGNIZED
CONSTELLATIONS IN OUR NIGHT SKY ACROSS BOTH

HEMISPHERES, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS UP THERE
TOO AND AN EASY ONE TO FIND IS MAUI S FISH

HOOK!

FACE SOUTH THIS WEEK AND YOU LL SEE SCORPIUS
THE SCORPION.

AND YET, MANY PEOPLE SEE THIS J-SHAPED PATTERN
AS THE GIANT FISHHOOK OF THE DEMIGOD MAUI.

IN POLYNESIAN FOLK LORE, MAUI AND HIS BROTHERS
DECIDED TO GO FISHING.

HE BROUGHT HIS MAGIC FISHHOOK WITH HIM AND
INSTRUCTED HIS BROTHERS THAT ONCE HE TOSSED

THE FISHHOOK IN THE WATER, NO MATTER WHAT
THEY CAUGHT, KEEP PADDLING AND DO NOT LOOK

BACK.

MANY HOURS LATER, THE EXHAUSTED HUMANS LOOKED
AND SAW LAND!

MAUI HAD PULLED LAND UP FROM BELOW THE SEA:
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS!

NOW WE CAN SEE MAUI S FISH HOOK IN THE SKY
EVERY SUMMER, WHAT CAN I SAY, EXCEPT, YOU RE

WELCOME, AND TO KEEP LOOKIN UP!