In Chinese astronomy

Chinese astronomy

Astronomy in China has a very long history, with historians considering that "they [the Chinese] were the most persistent and accurate observers of celestial phenomena anywhere in the world before the Arabs."...

, constellation Phoenix

Phoenix (constellation)

Phoenix is a minor constellation in the southern sky. It is named after the Phoenix, a mythical bird. It is faint: there are only two stars in the whole constellation which are brighter than magnitude 5.0...

were divided in two areas. The areas are:

• White Tiger of the West
  White Tiger (Chinese constellation)
  The White Tiger is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is sometimes called the White Tiger of the West , and is known as Baihu in Chinese, Byakko in Japanese, Baekho in Korean and Bạch Hổ in Vietnamese...
  
  (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ)
• The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu).

Constellation Phoenix in Chinese sky is not fully seen and the unseen part were classified in The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu) by Xu Guangqi

Xu Guangqi

Xu Guangqi , was a Chinese scholar-bureaucrat, agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming Dynasty. Xu was a colleague and collaborator of the Italian Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Sabatino de Ursis and they translated several classic Western texts into Chinese, including part of...

, based on the knowledge of western star charts. Possibly Ankaa

Alpha Phoenicis

Alpha Phoenicis is the brightest star in the constellation Phoenix. It has the traditional name Ankaa, from the Arabic العنقاء al-‘anqā’ "the phoenix"...

(Alpha Phoenicis) are bright stars in this constellation that never seen in Chinese sky.

Stars

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

Four Symbols	Mansion (Chinese name)	Romanization	Translation	Asterisms (Chinese name)	Romanization	Translation	Western star name	Chinese star name	Romanization	Translation
White Tiger of the West (西方白虎)	畢	Bì	Net Net (Chinese constellation) The Net mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.-Asterisms:...
				天園	Tiānyuán	|Celestial Orchard	δ Phe	天園一	Tiānyuányī	1st
-	近南極星區 (non-mansions)	Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions)	The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions)	火鳥	Huōdiǎo	Firebird
							ι Phe	火鳥二	Huōdiǎoèr	2nd star
							σ Phe	火鳥三	Huōdiǎosān	3rd star
							ε Phe	火鳥四	Huōdiǎosì	4th star
							κ Phe	火鳥五	Huōdiǎowu	5th star
							α Phe Alpha Phoenicis Alpha Phoenicis is the brightest star in the constellation Phoenix. It has the traditional name Ankaa, from the Arabic العنقاء al-‘anqā’ "the phoenix"...
								火鳥六	Huōdiǎoliù	6th star
								八魁距星	Bākuíjùxīng	Separated star of Net for Catching Birds Encampment (Chinese constellation) The Encampment mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.-Asterisms:...  constellation
								八魁南大星	Bākuínándàxīng	Big star in the south of Net for Catching Birds Encampment (Chinese constellation) The Encampment mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.-Asterisms:...  constellation
							μ Phe	火鳥七	Huōdiǎoqī	7th star
							λ1 Phe	火鳥八	Huōdiǎobā	8th star
							β Phe	火鳥九	Huōdiǎojiǔ	9th star
							γ Phe	火鳥十	Huōdiǎoshí	10th star

See also

• Traditional Chinese star names
  Traditional Chinese star names
  Traditional Chinese star names are the names of stars used in ancient Chinese literature, history, religion, mythology, folklore, Chinese opera and such methods of divination as astrology, horoscope and Feng shui...
  
  
• Chinese constellations
• List of brightest stars

External links

• Phoenix – Chinese associations