Apus in Chinese astronomy

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The modern constellation Apus is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell in the late Ming Dynasty, [1] this constellation has been classified as one of the 23 Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu) under the name Exotic Bird (異雀, Yìquè).

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The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天燕座 (tiān yàn zuò), meaning "the heaven swallow constellation".

Stars

The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Apus area consists of :

Four SymbolsMansion (Chinese name)RomanizationTranslationAsterisms (Chinese name)RomanizationTranslationWestern star nameChinese star nameRomanizationTranslation
-近南極星區 (non-mansions)Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions) The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions)異雀YìquèExotic Bird
ζ Aps [2] 異雀一Yìquèyī1st star
ι Aps [2] 異雀二Yìquèèr2nd star
β Aps [2] 異雀三Yìquèsān3rd star
γ Aps [2] 異雀四Yìquèsì4th star
δ1 Aps [2] 異雀六Yìquèliù6th star
η Aps [2] 異雀七Yìquèqī7th star
α Aps [2] 異雀八Yìquèbā8th star
ε Aps [2] 異雀九Yìquèjiǔ9th star
三角形 [3] SānjiǎoxíngTriangle
κ¹ Aps 三角形增三Sānjiǎoxíngzēngsān3rd additional star
κ² Aps 三角形增四Sānjiǎoxíngzēngsì4th additional star

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References

  1. ↑ Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 910. ISBN   0-7923-4066-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 29 日
  3. ↑ this is not original Chinese name in this constellation and listing is only for additional stars
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