Vela in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Vela lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by The Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què) and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 船帆座 (chuán fān zuò), meaning "the sail constellation".
Stars
[edit]The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Vela area consists of :
| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀) | 鬼 | Guǐ | Ghost | 天狗 | Tiāngǒu | Celestial Dog | ||||
| e Vel | 天狗一 | Tiāngǒuyī | 1st star | |||||||
| d Vel | 天狗二 | Tiāngǒuèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| HD 75630[1] | 天狗三 | Tiāngǒusān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 天社 | Tiānshè | Celestial Earth God's Temple | ||||||||
| γ2 Vel[2] | 天社一 | Tiānshèyī | 1st star | |||||||
| b Vel[3] | 天社二 | Tiānshèèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| δ Vel[2] | 天社三 | Tiānshèsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| κ Vel[2] | 天社五 | Tiānshèwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| N Vel[3] | 天社六 | Tiānshèliù | 6th star | |||||||
| a Vel | 天社增二 | Tiānshèzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| c Vel | 天社增三 | Tiānshèzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 天記 | Tiānjì | Judge for Estimating the Age of Animals | ||||||||
| λ Vel[2] | ||||||||||
| 天記 | Tiānjì | (One star of) | ||||||||
| 天潢西北星 | Tiānhuángxīběixīng | Star in the northwest of Celestial Pier | ||||||||
| ψ Vel | 天記增一 | Tiānjìzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| q Vel | 天記增二 | Tiānjìzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 翼 | Yì | Wings | 東甌 | Dōngoū | Dongou | q Vel[4][1] | 東甌四 | Dōngoūsì | 4th star | |
| 轸 | Zhěn | Chariot | 軍門 | Jūnmén | Military Gate | HD 104039[1] | 軍門一 | Jūnményī | 1st star | |
| - | 近南極星區 (non-mansions)[5] | Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions) | The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions) | 海山[5] | Hǎishān | Sea and Mountain | ||||
| p Vel | 海山增一 | Hǎishānzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| μ Vel | 海山增二 | Hǎishānzēngèr | 2nd additional star |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c (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
- ^ a b c d (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 17 日
- ^ a b Ian Ridpath's Startales - Vela the Sails
- ^ 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 this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars