The traditional name Sulafat is derived from the Arabic السلحفاة 'Al-Sulḥafāt', which means 'tortoise'. It was also known as 'Jugum', which in Latin means 'yoke' (piece of wood that joins two oxen and the plow rudder).
Sulafat is a giant blue-white star with a B9 III spectral classification, with a surface temperature of 10080 K. It has a radius 15 times greater than the Sun.
Photometric observations were carried out in the year 1909, April 1986 and June 2001.
It is located in the longitude 292.2º (22º11' Capricorn; golden aspect 68º75', 0º56' orb; (tri)semioctile 67º30', 0º19' orb), and latitude 55.0º (25º 0' Taurus; (bi)trecile@55º23', 0º23' orb).
And in the right ascension 284.7º (14º44' 10th House; pentataotile 75º [=semisquare 45º > 0º Sagittarius/Pisces, =sesquicuadrate 135º > 0º Gemini/Virgo], 0º16' orb) and declination 32.7º ( 2º41' 2nd House; undecile 32º44', 0º03' orb).
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| Musical composition program for Atari ST (1985), first computer with a serial MIDI interface. |
Sulafat is a star that reminds the planet Venus and the object (88611) Teharonhiawako (Kuiper belt). It is related with a great ability to compose music, especially using computer tools, due to its mathematical and temporal capacity (declination in oncile aspect).
"Max Mix 12" (1991) [Spanish dubbing]
Paula Abdul, author of the song "Straight up" (1988), has Sulafat in Capricorn (7th Moon-Node House) in conjunction with the Moon, and in trine with Pallas in Taurus (3rd Moon-Node House).
Pierre Schaeffer, first composer who used magnetic tape to edit sound ('concrete' music style) in the early 50's, has Sulafat in Capricorn (5th Moon-Node House) in conjunction with Uranus; in opposition to Neptune in Cancer (11th Moon-Node House), which is in conjunction with Venus; and in quincunx to the Sun in Leo (10th Moon-Node House).
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, poet who wrote the "Manifesto of Futurism" (1909) that promoted the integration between machines and art, has Sulafat in capricorn (2nd Moon-Node House) in trine with the Crossing Point of the Age Progressions (Signs Horoscope / Moon-Node Horoscope) in virgo (6th Moon-Node House), which is in trine with Pluto in Taurus (10th Moon-Node House).
