Dipper (Chinese constellation)
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Twenty-eight mansions
The Twenty-eight Mansions , ', ' or ' are part of the Chinese constellations system. They can be considered as the equivalent to the zodiacal constellations in the Western astronomy, though the Twenty-eight Mansions reflect the movement of the Moon in a lunar month rather than the Sun in a solar year...
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Chinese constellation
Chinese constellations are the way the ancient Chinese grouped the stars. They are very different from the modern IAU recognized constellations. This is because the IAU was based on Greco-Roman astronomy instead of Chinese astronomy....
s. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise
Black Tortoise (Chinese constellation)
The Black Tortoise is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is sometimes called the Black Warrior of the North , and is known as Xuanwu in Chinese, Genbu in Japanese, Hyeonmu in Korean and Huyền Vũ in Vietnamese. It represents the north and the winter season...
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Asterisms
| English name | Chinese name | European constellation Constellation In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky.... |
Number of stars | Representing |
| Dipper | 斗 | Sagittarius Sagittarius (constellation) Sagittarius is a constellation of the zodiac, the one containing the galactic center. Its name is Latin for the archer, and its symbol is , a stylized arrow. Sagittarius is commonly represented as a centaur drawing a bow... |
6 | Shaped like the Big Dipper, also refers temple in the sky or the snake-shaped basalt |
| Establishment | 建 | Sagittarius | 6 | Sun, moon and star are related by the city, also refers to the flag |
| Market Officer | 天弁 | Aquila Aquila (constellation) Aquila is a stellar constellation. Its name is Latin for 'eagle' and it is commonly represented as such. In mythology, Aquila was owned by the Roman god Jupiter and performed many tasks for him.... /Scutum Scutum Scutum is a small constellation introduced in the seventeenth century. Its name is Latin for shield.-History:Scutum is the only constellation that owes its name to a non-classical historical figure... |
9 | Officials of the market |
| River Turtle | 鱉 | Telescopium Telescopium Telescopium is a minor southern constellation created in the 18th century by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, a French astronomer and student of the southern skies. Its name is a Latinized form of the Greek word for telescope.... /Corona Australis Corona Australis Corona Australis or Corona Austrina is a constellation. Its name means "southern crown", and it contrasts with Corona Borealis, the northern crown... |
11 | The river turtles |
| Celestial Cock | 天雞 | Sagittarius | 2 | Chicken in the sky, the God's chicken |
| Celestial Keyhole | 天籥 | Ophiuchus Ophiuchus Ophiuchus is a large constellation located around the celestial equator. Its name is from the Greek "serpent-bearer", and it is commonly represented as a man grasping the snake that is represented by the constellation Serpens. Ophiuchus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century... /Sagittarius |
8 | Locks open and close by the ecliptic |
| Dog Territory | 狗國 | Sagittarius | 4 | Dogs live in the kingdom |
| Celestial Spring | 天淵 | Sagittarius | 3 | Pond in the sky |
| Dog | 狗 | Sagittarius | 2 | Guardian dog in the gate |
| Peasant | 農丈人 | Sagittarius | 1 | Director of palm farming |
Stars
- ζ SgrZeta SagittariiZeta Sagittarii is the third brightest star system in the constellation Sagittarius. It has the traditional name Ascella from a Late Latin word meaning armpit....
- τ SgrTau SagittariiTau Sagittarii is a star in the constellation Sagittarius, 120 light years from Earth. In ancient Chinese astronomy, it is the 5th star of 6 stars in the Dipper or 'South Dipper' mansion of the Black Tortoise of the North...
- σ SgrSigma SagittariiSigma Sagittarii is the second brightest star system in the constellation Sagittarius.Its modern name Nunki is an Assyrian or Babylonian name recovered by archaeologists and made public by R.H.Allen....
- φ SgrPhi SagittariiPhi Sagittarii is a star in the constellation Sagittarius. It is a member of the teapot asterism marking the junction of lid and handle.Phi Sagittarii is a spectral type B8 giant and has an apparent magnitude of +3.17...
- λ SgrLambda SagittariiLambda Sagittarii is a star within the constellation Sagittarius. The star marks the top of the Archer's bow, whence its traditional name Kaus Borealis. It also marks the top of the lid of the so-called "Teapot" asterism...
- μ SgrMu SagittariiMu Sagittarii is a star system in the constellation Sagittarius. It also has the traditional name Polis, from a Coptic word meaning foal. In ancient Chinese astronomy, it is the 1st of 6 stars in the Dipper or 'South Dipper' mansion of the Black Tortoise of the North.The stars in the Polis system...