- Rooftop (Chinese constellation)
The Rooftop mansion (zh-cp|c=危宿|p=Wēi Xiù) is one of the
Twenty-eight mansions of theChinese constellation s. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.Asterisms
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Rooftop (Chinese constellation)
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