According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Sagitta 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 天箭座 (tiān jiàn zuò), meaning "the heavenly arrow constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Sagitta 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) | 紫微垣[1] | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 天市左垣[1] | Tiānshìzuǒyuán | Left Wall | 1 Sge | 齐增二 | Qízēngèr | 2nd additional star of Qi |
| The Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武) | ||||||||||
| 牛 | Niú | Ox | 左旗 | Zuǒqí | Left Flag | |||||
| α Sge[2] | 左旗一 | Zuǒqíyī | 1st star | |||||||
| β Sge[2] | 左旗二 | Zuǒqíèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| δ Sge[2] | 左旗三 | Zuǒqísān | 3rd star | |||||||
| γ Sge[2] | 左旗四 | Zuǒqísì | 4th star | |||||||
| ζ Sge[2] | 左旗五 | Zuǒqíwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| 13 Sge | 左旗六 | Zuǒqíliù | 6th star | |||||||
| 11 Sge | 左旗七 | Zuǒqíqī | 7th star | |||||||
| 14 Sge[3] | 左旗八 | Zuǒqíbā | 8th star | |||||||
| ε Sge | 左旗增一 | Zuǒqízēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 3 Sge | 左旗增二 | Zuǒqízēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 2 Sge | 左旗增三 | Zuǒqízēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 18 Sge | 左旗增十四 | Zuǒqízēngshísì | 14th additional star | |||||||
| θ Sge | 左旗增十五 | Zuǒqízēngshíwǔ | 15th additional star | |||||||
| η Sge | 左旗增十六 | Zuǒqízēngshíliù | 16th additional star | |||||||
| 15 Sge | 左旗增十七 | Zuǒqízēngshíqī | 17th additional star | |||||||
| 10 Sge | 左旗增十八 | Zuǒqízēngshíbā | 18th additional star | |||||||
| 9 Sge | 左旗增十九 | Zuǒqízēngshíjiǔ | 19th additional star |
See also
References
- 1 2 this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars
- 1 2 3 4 5 (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 3 日
- ↑ (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
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