- Tail (Chinese constellation)
The Tail mansion (尾宿,
pinyin : Wěi Xiù) is one of theTwenty-eight mansions of theChinese constellation s. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.Asterisms
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Tail (Chinese constellation)
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