Arcturus
Arcturus is a no-twos temperament which tempers out the comma 15625/15309. Having an ~5:3 as a generator, this temperament is the application of the Pythagorean principle of tuning a stack of the next higher prime number and then factoring out powers of the equivalence to tritave composition. However, a heptatonic MOS (2L 5s) will not suffice to produce an understandable rendition of it because a very close ~5:3 generates a L:s ratio between 4:1 and 5:1, which is beginning to get too lopsided to still be a complete presentation of a temperament.
Chords
Arcturus contains the triad 5:7:9 (used in Bohlen-Pierce harmony) and the triad 27:35:45 which divides 5/3 into two nearly-equal parts.
Tuning spectrum
Below is a list of MOS families which present it completely (however smearily) using a generator of 845.3 to 951.0 cents:
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| Generator(edo) | Cents | Step ratio | Comments | ||||||||
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| Bright | Dark | L:s | Hardness | ||||||||
| 7\13 | 646.154 | 553.846 | 1:1 | 1.000 | Equalized 11L 2s | ||||||
| 48\89 | 647.191 | 552.809 | 7:6 | 1.167 | |||||||
| 41\76 | 647.368 | 552.632 | 6:5 | 1.200 | |||||||
| 75\139 | 647.482 | 552.518 | 11:9 | 1.222 | |||||||
| 34\63 | 647.619 | 552.381 | 5:4 | 1.250 | |||||||
| 95\176 | 647.727 | 552.273 | 14:11 | 1.273 | |||||||
| 61\113 | 647.788 | 552.212 | 9:7 | 1.286 | |||||||
| 88\163 | 647.853 | 552.147 | 13:10 | 1.300 | |||||||
| 27\50 | 648.000 | 552.000 | 4:3 | 1.333 | Supersoft 11L 2s | ||||||
| 101\187 | 648.128 | 551.872 | 15:11 | 1.364 | |||||||
| 74\137 | 648.175 | 551.825 | 11:8 | 1.375 | |||||||
| 121\224 | 648.214 | 551.786 | 18:13 | 1.385 | |||||||
| 47\87 | 648.276 | 551.724 | 7:5 | 1.400 | |||||||
| 114\211 | 648.341 | 551.659 | 17:12 | 1.417 | |||||||
| 67\124 | 648.387 | 551.613 | 10:7 | 1.429 | |||||||
| 87\161 | 648.447 | 551.553 | 13:9 | 1.444 | |||||||
| 20\37 | 648.649 | 551.351 | 3:2 | 1.500 | Soft 11L 2s | ||||||
| 93\172 | 648.837 | 551.163 | 14:9 | 1.556 | |||||||
| 73\135 | 648.889 | 551.111 | 11:7 | 1.571 | |||||||
| 126\233 | 648.927 | 551.073 | 19:12 | 1.583 | |||||||
| 53\98 | 648.980 | 551.020 | 8:5 | 1.600 | |||||||
| 139\257 | 649.027 | 550.973 | 21:13 | 1.615 | |||||||
| 86\159 | 649.057 | 550.943 | 13:8 | 1.625 | |||||||
| 119\220 | 649.091 | 550.909 | 18:11 | 1.636 | |||||||
| 33\61 | 649.180 | 550.820 | 5:3 | 1.667 | Semisoft 11L 2s | ||||||
| 112\207 | 649.275 | 550.725 | 17:10 | 1.700 | |||||||
| 79\146 | 649.315 | 550.685 | 12:7 | 1.714 | |||||||
| 125\231 | 649.351 | 550.649 | 19:11 | 1.727 | |||||||
| 46\85 | 649.412 | 550.588 | 7:4 | 1.750 | |||||||
| 105\194 | 649.485 | 550.515 | 16:9 | 1.778 | |||||||
| 59\109 | 649.541 | 550.459 | 9:5 | 1.800 | |||||||
| 72\133 | 649.624 | 550.376 | 11:6 | 1.833 | |||||||
| 13\24 | 650.000 | 550.000 | 2:1 | 2.000 | Basic 11L 2s Scales with tunings softer than this are proper | ||||||
| 71\131 | 650.382 | 549.618 | 11:5 | 2.200 | |||||||
| 58\107 | 650.467 | 549.533 | 9:4 | 2.250 | |||||||
| 103\190 | 650.526 | 549.474 | 16:7 | 2.286 | |||||||
| 45\83 | 650.602 | 549.398 | 7:3 | 2.333 | |||||||
| 122\225 | 650.667 | 549.333 | 19:8 | 2.375 | |||||||
| 77\142 | 650.704 | 549.296 | 12:5 | 2.400 | |||||||
| 109\201 | 650.746 | 549.254 | 17:7 | 2.429 | |||||||
| 32\59 | 650.847 | 549.153 | 5:2 | 2.500 | Semihard 11L 2s | ||||||
| 115\212 | 650.943 | 549.057 | 18:7 | 2.571 | |||||||
| 83\153 | 650.980 | 549.020 | 13:5 | 2.600 | |||||||
| 134\247 | 651.012 | 548.988 | 21:8 | 2.625 | |||||||
| 51\94 | 651.064 | 548.936 | 8:3 | 2.667 | |||||||
| 121\223 | 651.121 | 548.879 | 19:7 | 2.714 | |||||||
| 70\129 | 651.163 | 548.837 | 11:4 | 2.750 | |||||||
| 89\164 | 651.220 | 548.780 | 14:5 | 2.800 | |||||||
| 19\35 | 651.429 | 548.571 | 3:1 | 3.000 | Hard 11L 2s | ||||||
| 82\151 | 651.656 | 548.344 | 13:4 | 3.250 | |||||||
| 63\116 | 651.724 | 548.276 | 10:3 | 3.333 | |||||||
| 107\197 | 651.777 | 548.223 | 17:5 | 3.400 | |||||||
| 44\81 | 651.852 | 548.148 | 7:2 | 3.500 | |||||||
| 113\208 | 651.923 | 548.077 | 18:5 | 3.600 | |||||||
| 69\127 | 651.969 | 548.031 | 11:3 | 3.667 | |||||||
| 94\173 | 652.023 | 547.977 | 15:4 | 3.750 | |||||||
| 25\46 | 652.174 | 547.826 | 4:1 | 4.000 | Superhard 11L 2s | ||||||
| 81\149 | 652.349 | 547.651 | 13:3 | 4.333 | |||||||
| 56\103 | 652.427 | 547.573 | 9:2 | 4.500 | |||||||
| 87\160 | 652.500 | 547.500 | 14:3 | 4.667 | |||||||
| 31\57 | 652.632 | 547.368 | 5:1 | 5.000 | |||||||
| 68\125 | 652.800 | 547.200 | 11:2 | 5.500 | |||||||
| 37\68 | 652.941 | 547.059 | 6:1 | 6.000 | |||||||
| 43\79 | 653.165 | 546.835 | 7:1 | 7.000 | |||||||
| 6\11 | 654.545 | 545.455 | 1:0 | → ∞ | Collapsed 11L 2s | ||||||