The Nazca Frigatebird and Fomalhaut
arXiv:1210.0355
Abstract
It seems that the Nazca Lines, ancient geoglyphs of a Peruvian dry pampa, had some astronomical orientations. Here we discuss a geoglyph representing a frigatebird and its orientation towards the setting of Fomalhaut, using freely available software.
arXiv commentKey-words: Geoglyphs, Nazca Lines, Orientation, Archaeoastronomy, Stellarium free planetarium software