Microscopium (Chinese astronomy)
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In Chinese astronomy
, constellation Microscopium
is located in the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ)
Constellation Microscopium
is concentrated in northern area of the Chinese sky.
Chinese astronomy
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, constellation Microscopium
Microscopium
Microscopium is a small constellation in the southern sky, created in the 18th century by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Its name is Latin for microscope. Its stars are very faint and hardly visible from most of the non-tropical northern hemisphere.-References:...
is located in the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ)
Constellation Microscopium
Microscopium
Microscopium is a small constellation in the southern sky, created in the 18th century by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Its name is Latin for microscope. Its stars are very faint and hardly visible from most of the non-tropical northern hemisphere.-References:...
is concentrated in northern area of the Chinese sky.
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Microscopium area consists of:| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
| Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武) | 牛 | Niú | Ox Ox (Chinese constellation) The Ox mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.-Asterisms:... |
九坎 | Jiǔkǎn | Nine Water Wells | ||||
| θ1 Mic | 九坎一 | Jiǔkǎnyī | 1st star | |||||||
| η Mic | 九坎二 | Jiǔkǎnèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| ι Mic | 九坎三 | Jiǔkǎnsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| ζ Mic | 九坎四 | Jiǔkǎnsì | 4th star |