Ke Kā o Makalii () is a Hawaiian constellation consisting of five stars in a curving formation in the shape of a bailer surrounding the western constellation Orion, although not including any stars from it. The constellation is seen to rise in the east like a cup and set in the west pouring onto the western horizon.
Ke Kā o Makali‘i comprises five stars: Capella (Hawaiian: Hoku-lei, ) Gemini (Hawaiian: Na Mahoe, , or Nana-mua-ma, ), Castor (Hawaiian: Nana-mua, ) Pollux (Hawaiian: Nana-hope, ) Procyon (Hawaiian: Puana, ) Sirius (Hawaiian: ‘A‘a, )
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