Lyra in Chinese astronomy
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Lyra is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天琴座 (tiān qín zuò), meaning "the celestial zither constellation".
Stars
[edit]The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Lyra area consists of :
| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武) | 牛 | Niú | Ox | 織女 | Zhīnǚ | Weaving Girl | ||||
| α Lyr[1] | ||||||||||
| 織女一 | Zhīnǚyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 織女 | Zhīnǚ | Weaving girl | ||||||||
| 織女星 | Zhīnǚxīng | Star of weaving girl | ||||||||
| 織女大星 | Zhīnǚdàxīng | Big star | ||||||||
| 媭女 | Xūnǚ | The sister | ||||||||
| 婺女 | Wùnǚ | |||||||||
| 天孫 | Tiānsūn | Descendant of a god | ||||||||
| ε1 Lyr[1] | 織女二 | Zhīnǚèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| ζ1 Lyr[1] | 織女三 | Zhīnǚsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| ζ2 Lyr | 織女增一 | Zhīnǚzēngsyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| μ Lyr | 織女增三 | Zhīnǚzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| κ Lyr | 織女增四 | Zhīnǚzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 漸台 | Jiāntāi | Clepsydra Terrace | ||||||||
| δ2 Lyr[1] | 漸台一 | Jiāntāiyī | 1st star | |||||||
| β Lyr[1] | 漸台二 | Jiāntāièr | 2nd star | |||||||
| γ Lyr[1] | ||||||||||
| 漸台三 | Jiāntāisān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| 下台西北星 | Xiàtāisìběixīng | Star in the northwest of the Lower Steps (ν UMa and ξ UMa) | ||||||||
| ι Lyr[1] | 漸台四 | Jiāntāisì | 4th star | |||||||
| δ1 Lyr | 漸台增一 | Jiāntāizēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 17 Lyr | 漸台增三 | Jiāntāizēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| λ Lyr | 漸台增四 | Jiāntāizēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| ν2 Lyr | 漸台增五 | Jiāntāizēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| ν1 Lyr | 漸台增六 | Jiāntāizēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| HD 180138 | 漸台增七 | Jiāntāizēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| 輦道 | Niǎndào | Imperial Passageway | ||||||||
| R Lyr[2] | 輦道一 | Niǎndàoyī | 1st star | |||||||
| η Lyr[1] | 輦道二 | Niǎndàoèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| θ Lyr[1] | 輦道三 | Niǎndàosān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 16 Lyr | 辇道增一 | Niǎndàozēngyī | 1st additional star |