Hydra in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Hydra lies across two of the quadrants, symbolized by the Azure Dragon of the East (東方青龍, Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng) and the Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 長蛇座 (cháng shé zuò), which means "the long snake constellation".
Stars
[edit]The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Hydra area consists of:
| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Dragon of the East (東方青龍) | 角 | Jiǎo | Horn | 平 | Píng | Justice | ||||
| γ Hya[1] | ||||||||||
| 平一 | Píngyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 平西星 | Píngxīxīng | Western star | ||||||||
| π Hya[1] | 平二 | Píngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 折威 | Shéwēi | Executions | ||||||||
| 50 Hya | 折威一 | Shéwēiyī | 1st star | |||||||
| 51 Hya | 折威增二 | Shéwēizēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 54 Hya | 折威增三 | Shéwēizēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 55 Hya | 折威增四 | Shéwēizēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 56 Hya | 折威增五 | Shéwēizēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| HD 131992 | 折威增六 | Shéwēizēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| 57 Hya | 折威增七 | Shéwēizēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| 陣車 | Zhènchē | Battle Chariots | ||||||||
| 58 Hya | 陣車一 | Zhènchēyī | 1st star | |||||||
| 60 Hya | 陣車二 | Zhènchēèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 59 Hya | 陣車增二 | Zhènchēzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀) | 鬼 | Guǐ | Ghost | 外廚 | Wàichú | Outer Kitchen | ||||
| 2 Hya[2] | 外廚一 | Wàichúyī | 1st star | |||||||
| F Hya[3] | 外廚二 | Wàichúèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 14 Hya | 外廚三 | Wàichúsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 1 Hya | 外廚增二 | Wàichúzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| c Hya | 外廚增三 | Wàichúzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 14 Hya | 外廚增四 | Wàichúzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 15 Hya | 外廚增六 | Wàichúzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| 17 Hya | 外廚增七 | Wàichúzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| 6 Hya | 外廚增八 | Wàichúzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
| 12 Hya | 外廚增九 | Wàichúzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star | |||||||
| 9 Hya | 外廚增十 | Wàichúzēngshí | 10th additional star | |||||||
| 柳 | Liǔ | Willow | 柳 | Liǔ | Willow | |||||
| δ Hya[4] | ||||||||||
| 柳宿一 | Liǔsùyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 柳宿距星 | Liǔsùjùxīng | Separated star | ||||||||
| 柳宿西头第三星 | Liǔsùxītóudìsānxīng | 3rd star in the west of three stars of Three Stars | ||||||||
| 玉井西北星 | Yùjǐngxīběixīng | Star in the southwest of Jade Well constellation | ||||||||
| 午 | Wǔ | |||||||||
| 鹑火星 | Chúnhuǒxīng | Quail of Mars | ||||||||
| σ Hya[4] | 柳宿二 | Liǔsùèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| η Hya[4] | 柳宿三 | Liǔsùsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| ρ Hya[4] | 柳宿四 | Liǔsùsì | 4th star | |||||||
| ε Hya[4] | 柳宿五 | Liǔsùwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| ζ Hya[4] | 柳宿六 | Liǔsùliù | 6th star | |||||||
| ω Hya[4] | 柳宿七 | Liǔsùqī | 7th star | |||||||
| θ Hya[4] | 柳宿八 | Liǔsùbā | 8th star | |||||||
| 10 Hya | 柳宿增一 | Liǔsùzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 星 | Xīng | Star | 星 | Xīng | Star | |||||
| α Hya[5] | ||||||||||
| 星宿一 | Xīngsùyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 星宿距星 | Xīngsùjùxīng | Separated star | ||||||||
| 蛇首一 | Shéshǒuyī | Leading (star) in "snake" and stand alone | ||||||||
| 星宿中央大星 | Xīngsùzhōngyāngdàxīng | Big center star | ||||||||
| τ1 Hya[5] | 星宿二 | Xīngsùèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| τ2 Hya[5] | 星宿三 | Xīngsùsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| ι Hya[5] | 星宿四 | Xīngsùsì | 4th star | |||||||
| 27 Hya | 星宿五 | Xīngsùwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| 26 Hya[3] | 星宿六 | Xīngsùliù | 6th star | |||||||
| HD 82428[6] | 星宿七 | Xīngsùqī | 7th star | |||||||
| 29 Hya | 星宿增一 | Xīngsùzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 24 Hya | 星宿增二 | Xīngsùzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 20 Hya | 星宿增三 | Xīngsùzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 19 Hya | 星宿增四 | Xīngsùzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 21 Hya | 星宿增五 | Xīngsùzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| 23 Hya | 星宿增六 | Xīngsùzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| 28 Hya | 星宿增七 | Xīngsùzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| 33 Hya | 星宿增八 | Xīngsùzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
| 37 Hya | 星宿增十三 | Xīngsùzēngshísān | 13th additional star | |||||||
| 34 Hya | 星宿增十五 | Xīngsùzēngshíwǔ | 15th additional star | |||||||
| 軒轅[7] | Xuānyuán | Xuanyuan | 2 Sex[8] | 軒轅增四十六 | Xuānyuánzēngsìshíliù | 46th additional star | ||||
| 張 | Zhāng | Extended Net | 張 | Zhāng | Extended Net | |||||
| υ1 Hya[9] | ||||||||||
| 張宿一 | Zhāngsùyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 張宿距星 | Zhāngsùjùxīng | Separated star | ||||||||
| 張宿西第二星 | Zhāngsùxīdìèrxīng | 2nd western star | ||||||||
| λ Hya[9] | 張宿二 | Zhāngsùèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| μ Hya[9] | 張宿三 | Zhāngsùsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| HD 87344[6] | 張宿四 | Zhāngsùsì | 4th star | |||||||
| κ Hya[9] | 張宿五 | Zhāngsùwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| φ1 Hya[9] | 張宿六 | Zhāngsùliù | 6th star | |||||||
| υ2 Hya | 張宿增一 | Zhāngsùzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| φ2 Hya | 張宿增三 | Zhāngsùzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 44 Hya | 張宿增四 | Zhāngsùzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| HD 88215 | 張宿增五 | Zhāngsùzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| 翼 | Yì | Wings | 翼 | Yì | Wings | |||||
| ν Hya[9] | 翼宿五 | Yìsùwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| HD 100307 | 翼宿十八 | Yìsùshíbā | 18th star | |||||||
| HD 96819 | 翼宿十九 | Yìsùshíjiǔ | 19th star | |||||||
| χ1 Hya[9] | 翼宿二十 | Yìsùèrshí | 20th star | |||||||
| II Hya | 翼宿二十一 | Yìsùèrshíyī | 21st star | |||||||
| HD 103462 | 翼宿二十二 | Yìsùèrshíèr | 22nd star | |||||||
| b1 Hya | 翼宿增三 | Yìsùzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| b3 Hya | 翼翼宿增五 | Yìsùèrzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| HD 95698 | 翼宿增六 | Yìsùèrzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| HD 96819 | 翼宿增七 | Yìsùèrzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| 軫 | Zhěn | Chariot | 青丘 | Qīngqiū | Green Hill | |||||
| β Hya[10] | ||||||||||
| 青丘一 | Qīngqiūyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 土公西星 | Tǔgōngxīxīng | Star in the west on Official for Earthworks and Buildings constellation | ||||||||
| HD 104213 | 青丘二 | Qīngqiūèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 17 Crt[11] | 青丘三 | Qīngqiūsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| HD 100393[6] | 青丘四 | Qīngqiūsì | 4th star | |||||||
| ξ Hya[10] | 青丘五 | Qīngqiūwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| HD 100623[6] | 青丘六 | Qīngqiūliù | 6th star | |||||||
| ο Hya[10] | 青丘七 | Qīngqiūqī | 7th star | |||||||
| HD 101666 | 青丘增一 | Qīngqiūzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| HD 100953 | 青丘增二 | Qīngqiūzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| HD 100910 | 青丘增三 | Qīngqiūzēngsān | 3rd additional star |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 27 日 Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sun, Xiaochun and Jacob Kistemaker. (1997). The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society. Leiden, New York, Köln: Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 90-04-10737-1. Page 186.
- ^ a b Ian Ridpath's Startales - Hydra the Water Snake
- ^ a b c d e f g h (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 28 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 29 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d (in Chinese) 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System
- ^ this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars
- ^ the star is actually located in the constellation of Hydra near the border of Sextans and Leo
- ^ a b c d e f g (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 30 日 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 31 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ the star is actually located in the constellation of Hydra near the border of Crateris