Sextans in Chinese astronomy
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Sextans is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as The Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 六分仪座 (liù fēn yí zuò), meaning "the six-part apparatus constellation".
Stars
[edit]The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Sextans area consists of:
| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 太微垣[1] | Tài Wēi Yuán | Supreme Palace enclosure | |||||||
| 靈台[1] | Língtái | Astronomical Observatory | 36 Sex | 靈台增二 | Língtáizēngèr | 2nd additional star | ||||
| 長垣[1] | Chángyuán | Long Wall | ||||||||
| 32 Sex | 長垣增三 | Chángyuánzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 23 Sex | 長垣增四 | Chángyuánzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 31 Sex | 長垣增五 | Chángyuánzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| 34 Sex | 長垣增六 | Chángyuánzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| 35 Sex | 長垣增七 | Chángyuánzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀) | 星 | Xīng | Star | 星[1] | Xīng | Star | ||||
| 6 Sex | 星宿增九 | Xīngsùzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star | |||||||
| 3 Sex | 星宿增十 | Xīngsùzēngshí | 10th additional star | |||||||
| 5 Sex | 星宿增十一 | Xīngsùzēngshíyī | 11th additional star | |||||||
| γ Sex | 星宿增十二 | Xīngsùzēngshíèr | 12th additional star | |||||||
| 天相 | Tiānxiàng | Celestial Premier | ||||||||
| 17 Sex | 天相一 | Tiānxiàngyī | 1st star | |||||||
| α Sex | 天相二 | Tiānxiàngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| ε Sex | 天相三 | Tiānxiàngsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 18 Sex | 天相增一 | Tiānxiàngzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 21 Sex | 天相增二 | Tiānxiàngzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 20 Sex | 天相增三 | Tiānxiàngzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 25 Sex | 天相增四 | Tiānxiàngzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 27 Sex | 天相增五 | Tiānxiàngzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| δ Sex | 天相增六 | Tiānxiàngzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| 24 Sex | 天相增八 | Tiānxiàngzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
| 26 Sex | 天相增九 | Tiānxiàngzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star | |||||||
| β Sex | 天相增十 | Tiānxiàngzēngshí | 10th additional star | |||||||
| 33 Sex | 天相增十一 | Tiānxiàngzēngshíyī | 11th additional star | |||||||
| 40 Sex | 天相增十二 | Tiānxiàngzēngshíèr | 12th additional star | |||||||
| 軒轅[1] | Xuānyuán | Xuanyuan | ||||||||
| 7 Sex | 軒轅增四十七 | Xuānyuánzēngsìshíqī | 47th additional star | |||||||
| 4 Sex | 軒轅增四十八 | Xuānyuánzēngsìshíbā | 48th additional star | |||||||
| 9 Sex | 軒轅增四十九 | Xuānyuánzēngsìshíjiǔ | 49th additional star | |||||||
| 12 Sex | 軒轅增五十 | Xuānyuánzēngwǔshí | 50th additional star | |||||||
| 13 Sex | 軒轅增五十一 | Xuānyuánzēngwǔshíyī | 51st additional star | |||||||
| 14 Sex | 軒轅增五十二 | Xuānyuánzēngwǔshíèr | 52nd additional star | |||||||
| 19 Sex | 軒轅增五十三 | Xuānyuánzēngwǔshísān | 53rd additional star | |||||||
| 翼 | Yì | Wings | 翼 | Yì | Wings | |||||
| HD 93833[2] | 翼宿十二 | Yìsùshíèr | 12th star | |||||||
| 41 Sex | 翼宿增一 | Yìsùzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 39 Sex | 翼宿增二 | Yìsùzēngèr | 2nd additional star |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars
- ^ (in Chinese) 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine