Triangulum in Chinese astronomy
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Triangulum is located within the western quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎) (北方玄武, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 三角座 (sān jiǎo zuò), meaning "the triangle constellation".
Stars
[edit]The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Triangulum area consists of:
| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Tiger of the West (西方白虎) | ||||||||||
| 奎[1] | Kuí | Legs | 奎[1] | Kuí | Legs | 1 Tri | 奎宿增十二 | Kuísùzēngshíèr | 12th additional star | |
| 婁 | Lóu | Bond | 婁[1] | Lóu | Bond | |||||
| α Tri | ||||||||||
| 婁宿增六 | Lóusùzēngliù | 6th additional star | ||||||||
| 天溷西南星 | Tiānhùnxīnánxīng | Star in the west of Celestial Pigsty | ||||||||
| 天大將軍 | Tiāndàjiāngjūn | Heaven's Great General | ||||||||
| β Tri[2] | ||||||||||
| 天大將軍九 | Tiāndàjiāngjūnjiǔ | 9th star | ||||||||
| 天大将军南大星 | Tiāndàjiāngjūnnándàxīng | Big star in the south | ||||||||
| 鈇鑕中北星 | Fūzhìzhōngběixīng | Star in the center-north of Sickle | ||||||||
| γ Tri[2] | 天大將軍十 | Tiāndàjiāngjūnshí | 10th star | |||||||
| δ Tri[2] | 天大將軍十一 | Tiāndàjiāngjūnshíyī | 11th star | |||||||
| ε Tri | 天大将军增五 | Tiāndàjiāngjūnzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| ι Tri | 天大将军增六 | Tiāndàjiāngjūnzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| 7 Tri | 天大将军增七 | Tiāndàjiāngjūnzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| 14 Tri | 天大将军增八 | Tiāndàjiāngjūnzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
| 胃[1] | Wèi | Stomach | 胃[1] | Wèi | Stomach | |||||
| 10 Tri | 胃宿增一 | Wèisùzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 12 Tri | 胃宿增二 | Wèisùzēngèr | 2nd additional star |