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Polynesian Astronomy
| Title | Sāmoan Word | Hawaiʻian Word | Tahitian Word | Māori Word | Anuta Word | Tongan Word | Category | Constellation | Right Ascension | Declination |
| Aldebaran | Kapuahi | Star | Taurus | 04h 35m 55.23907s | +16° 30′ 33.4885″ | |||||
| Gamma Pegasi | Piʻilani | 00h 13m 14.15123s | +15° 11′ 00.9368″ | |||||||
| Alpha Centauri | Kamailemua | Star System | Centaurus | 14h 39m 35.06311s | –60° 50′ 15.0992″ | |||||
| Alpha Andromedae | Manōkalanipō | Star | Andromeda | 00h 08m 23.25988s | '+29° 05′ 25.5520″ | |||||
| Altair | Humu | Star | Aquila | 19h 50m 46.99855s | '+08° 52′ 05.9563″ | |||||
| Antares | Lehuakona | Anā mua | Rehua | Na kau | Star | Scorpius | 16h 29m 24.45970s | −26° 25′ 55.2094″ | ||
| Arcturus | Hōkūleʻa | Anā Tahuʻa Taʻata Metua te tupu mavae | Toki | Star | Bootes | 14h 15m 39.7s | +19° 10′ 56″ | |||
| Aries | Kaʻavei | Constellation | Aries | 03h 29m 42.4003s | 10.3632069° | |||||
| Auriga | Constellation | Auriga | 04h 37m 54.4293s | 56.1648331° | ||||||
| Beta Centauri | Kamailehope | Star System | Centaurus | 14h 03m 49.40535s | –60° 22′ 22.9266″ | |||||
| Betelguese | Kauluakoko | Star | 05h 55m 10.30536s | +07° 24′ 25.4304″ | ||||||
| Capella | Hōkūlei | Star | 05h 16m 41.35871s | +45° 59′ 52.7693″ | ||||||
| Comet | Le pusa loa | Small Solar System body | ||||||||
| Corvus | Meʻe | Constellation | Corvus | 12h | −20° | |||||
| Crux (Southern Cross) | Sumu | Hānaiakamalama | Tau hā | Te Punga | Te raku tapu, Te Kupenga | Toloa | Constellation | Southern Cross | 12.5h | −60° |
| Deneb | Piraʻetea | Star | Cygnus | 20h 41m 25.9s | +45° 16′ 49″ | |||||
| Fomalhaut | Kūkaniloko | Star | Piscis Austrinus | 22h 57m 39.0465s | −29° 37′ 20.050″ | |||||
| Gamma Crucis | Kaulia | Star | Crux | 12h 31m 09.95961s | −57° 06′ 47.5684″ | |||||
| Jupiter | Tupualengase | Taʻurua nui | Planet | |||||||
| Lunar Eclipse | Ua gase toto le māsina | |||||||||
| Magellan clouds | Ao tea | Galaxy | ||||||||
| Markab | Keawe | |||||||||
| Mars | Matamemea | Hōkūʻula | Maunu ʻura | Planet | ||||||
| Milkyway | Le ao lēlē | Vai ora a Tane | Galaxy | |||||||
| Moon | Māsina | Māhina | ʻĀvaʻe | Marama | Astronomical Object | |||||
| Orion | Te Kakau | Constellation | Orion | 5h | +5° | |||||
| Orions belt | Amoga | Taʻurua o Mere ma tū tahi | Tautoru | Ara tolu | Asterism | Orion | 05h 36m 12.8s | −01° 12′ 06.9″ | ||
| Pleiades | Liʻi | Makaliʻi | Matariʻi | Matariki | Matariki | Star Cluster | Taurus | 3h 47m 24s | +24° 07′ 00″ | |
| Polaris | Hōkūpaʻa | Anā niʻa | Star | Ursa Minor | 02h 31m 49.09s | +89° 15′ 50.8″ | ||||
| Rigel | Puanakau | Puanga | Star | Orion | 05h 14m 32.27210s | −08° 12′ 05.8981″ | ||||
| Saturn | Fetū tea | Planet | ||||||||
| Beta Pegasi | Kākuhihewa | Star | Pegasus | 23h 03m 46.45746s | +28° 04′ 58.0336″ | |||||
| Scorpius | Le Toloa | Ka makau nui o Māui | Taro | Constellation | Scorpius | 16.8875h | −30.7367° | |||
| Shooting Star | Le Fetū Afi | Tino a manu, Birds body | Meteoroid | |||||||
| Sirius | Telegese | Aʻā | Te Kokota | Star System | Canis Major | 06h 45m 08.91728s | −16° 42′ 58.02″ | |||
| Solar Eclipse | Na gase eleele le lā | |||||||||
| Spica | Hikianalia | Star | Virgo | |||||||
| Star | Fetū | Hōkū | Fetiʻa | Whetū | Fetuʻu | |||||
| Star | Le Tuʻingā lama | |||||||||
| Star | Tauluatuafanua | |||||||||
| Star | Tauluaʻalofi | |||||||||
| Ursa Major | Le Anava | Nā Hiku | , | Constellation | Ursa Major | 10.67h | +55.38° | |||
| Vega | Keoe | Whanui | Star | Lyra | 18h 36m 56.33635s | +38° 47′ 01.2802″ | ||||
| Venus | Tapuitea | Taurua | Planet | |||||||
| Sun | Lā | Lā | Laʻā | Star |