Octans (Chinese astronomy)
- Octans (Chinese astronomy)
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The modern constellation Octans is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell in the late Ming Dynasty,[1] this constellation has been classified under the 23 Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu) with the names Snake's Tail (蛇尾, Shéwěi) and Exotic Bird (異雀, Yìquè).
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Octans area consists of:
| Four Symbols |
Mansion (Chinese name) |
Romanization |
Translation |
Asterisms (Chinese name) |
Romanization |
Translation |
Western star name |
Chinese star name |
Romanization |
Translation |
| - |
近南極星區 (non-mansions) |
Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions) |
The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions) |
蛇尾 |
Shéwěi |
Snake's Tail[2] |
| β Oct |
蛇尾二 |
Shéwěièr |
2nd star |
| α Oct |
蛇尾三 |
Shéwěisān |
3rd star |
| 異雀 |
Yìquè |
Exotic Bird[3] |
δ Oct |
異雀五 |
Yìquèwǔ |
5th star |
See also
References
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