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Fata-na-lua, an old form for double platform, possibly the same as Fātungaloa, is a traditional constellation, said to consist of two lines of four stars, named Fata-ʻolalo (lower platform) and Fata-ʻolunga (upper platform). It is also said to be "close" to both Orion and Scorpius (which in reality are almost diametrically opposite each other in the sky). It might refer to Coma Berenices, a faint and inconspicious constellation.

It was used as a starpath to Fiji by captain Tēvita Fifita when his ship, the Tuaikaepau, was wrecked on Minerva reef in 1962. FOKI