Scorpius (Chinese astronomy)
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According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Scorpius is located within the eastern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Azure Dragon of the East (東方青龍, Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天蝎座, which means "the heavenly scorpio constellation".
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天蝎座, which means "the heavenly scorpio constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Scorpius area consists of:| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
| Azure Dragon of the East (東方青龍) | 房 | Fáng | Room Room (Chinese constellation) The Room mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.-Asterisms:... |
房 | Fáng | Room | ||||
| π Sco Pi Scorpii Pi Scorpii is a triple star system in the constellation Scorpius. It is approximately 459 light years from Earth.Pi Scorpii A is a contact binary of the Beta Lyrae type. Both its members are hot, blue-white B-type dwarfs. Together they have a mean apparent magnitude of +2.89. Their rotation... |
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| 房宿一 | Fángsuyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 房宿距星 | Fángsujùxīng | Separated star | ||||||||
| 房宿南第二星 | Fángsunándìèrxīng | 2nd southern star | ||||||||
| 左骖 | Zuǒcān | Left-side horse of three horses | ||||||||
| ρ Sco Rho Scorpii Rho Scorpii is a binary star in the constellation Scorpius. It is approximately 409 light years from Earth.The primary component, Rho Scorpii A, is a blue-white B-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +3.87. Orbiting it with a separation of 38 arcseconds is the magnitude +12.8 Rho Scorpii B.... |
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| 房宿二 | Fángsuèr | 2nd star | ||||||||
| 左服 | Zuǒfú | Left-side clothes | ||||||||
| δ Sco Delta Scorpii Delta Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Dschubba Delta Scorpii (δ Sco, δ Scorpii) is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Dschubba Delta Scorpii (δ Sco, δ Scorpii) is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the... |
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| 房宿三 | Fángsusān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| 房宿北第二星 | Fángsuběidìèrxīng | 2nd northern star | ||||||||
| 右服 | Yòufú | Right-side clothes | ||||||||
| β1 Sco and β2 Sco | ||||||||||
| 房宿四 | Fángsusì | 4th star | ||||||||
| 房宿北第一星 | Fángsuběidìyīxīng | 1st northern star | ||||||||
| 房星 | Fángxīng | Star of room | ||||||||
| 右骖 | Yòucān | Right-side horse of three horses | ||||||||
| 鉤鈐 | Gōuqián | Lock | ||||||||
| ω1 Sco | ||||||||||
| 鉤鈐一 | Gōuqiányī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 鉤鈐西星 | Gōuqiánxīxīng | Western star | ||||||||
| ω2 Sco | 鉤鈐二 | Gōuqiánèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 鍵閉 | Jiànbì | Door Bolt | ||||||||
| ν Sco Nu Scorpii Nu Scorpii is a star system in the constellation Scorpius.It is at least a quintuple star, probably a septuple, consisting of two close groups that are separated by 41". The brighter group, Nu Scorpii A and B, is split by 1.3" and composed of spectral type B2 subgiants... |
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| 鍵閉 | Jiànbì | (One star of) | ||||||||
| 天鍵 | Tiānjiàn | Celestial door bolt | ||||||||
| 天心 | Tiānxīn | Celestial heart | ||||||||
| 罰 | Fá | Punishment | ||||||||
| 18 Sco 18 Scorpii 18 Scorpii is a star located some 45.3 light years from Earth at the northern edge of the Scorpius constellation.18 Scorpii has many physical properties in common with the Sun. Cayrel de Strobel included it in her review of the stars most similar to the Sun, and Porto de Mello & da Silva ... |
罰一 | Fáyī | 1st star | |||||||
| 11 Sco | 罰二 | Fáèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 西咸 | Xīxián | Western Door | ξ Sco Xi Scorpii Xi Scorpii is a star system in the constellation Scorpius. It was also 51 Lib.The Xi Scorpii system consists of at least five stars in two groups separated by 4.67 arcminutes on the sky, corresponding to a distance of at least 8000 astronomical units .The brighter group contains Xi Scorpii A, B,... |
西咸一 | Xīxiányī | 1st star | ||||
| 心 | Xīn | Heart Heart (Chinese constellation) The Heart mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.-Asterisms:... |
心 | Xīn | Heart | |||||
| σ Sco Sigma Scorpii Sigma Scorpii is a star system in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Al Niyat, although this name is sometimes also applied to Tau Scorpii, or to the asterism formed by both Sigma and Tau. Sigma Scorpii is 735 light years from the Sun.The primary component of the system,... |
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| 心宿一 | Xīnsuyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 心宿距星 | Xīnsujùxīng | Separated star | ||||||||
| 心宿太子 | Xīnsutàizǐ | Big in "heart" | ||||||||
| 心前星 | Xīnqiánxīng | Front star | ||||||||
| α Sco Antares Antares is a red supergiant star in the Milky Way galaxy and the sixteenth brightest star in the nighttime sky . Along with Aldebaran, Spica, and Regulus it is one of the four brightest stars near the ecliptic... |
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| 心宿二 | Xīnsuèr | 2nd star | ||||||||
| 心宿中星 | Xīnsuzhōngxīng | Central star | ||||||||
| 心星 | Xīnxīng | Star of heart | ||||||||
| 心大星 | Xīndàxīng | Big star | ||||||||
| 大火 | Dàhuǒ | Great flame | ||||||||
| 火 | Huǒ | The flame | ||||||||
| 辰 | Chén | |||||||||
| 商星 | Shāngxīng | |||||||||
| 天王 | Tiānwáng | Celestial king | ||||||||
| 辰龙 | Chénlóng | |||||||||
| 青龙星 | Qīnglóngxīng | Star of azzure dragon | ||||||||
| 龙星 | Lóngxīng | Star of dragon | ||||||||
| 农星 | Nóngxīng | Star for agriculture | ||||||||
| 閼伯之星 | Ebózhīxīng | |||||||||
| τ Sco Tau Scorpii Tau Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. Tau Scorpii also has the traditional name Alniyat or Al Niyat, which it shares with σ Scorpii. The name derives from the Arabic النياط an-niyāţ meaning "the arteries".... |
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| 心宿三 | Xīnsusān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| 心宿庶子 | Xīnsushùzǐ | Numerous in "heart" | ||||||||
| 心後星 | Xīnhòuxīng | Hind star | ||||||||
| 心宿后星 | Xīnsuhòuxīng | "Queen" star | ||||||||
| 尾 | Wěi | Tail Tail (Chinese constellation) The Tail mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.- Asterisms :... |
尾 | Wěi | Tail | |||||
| μ1 Sco | ||||||||||
| 尾宿一 | Wěisuyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 尾宿距星 | Wěisujùxīng | Separated star | ||||||||
| 尾宿西第二星 | Wěisuxīdìèrxīng | 2nd western star | ||||||||
| ε Sco Epsilon Scorpii Epsilon Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. Patrick Moore introduced the name Wei but this seems to be a misreading; Wěi , meaning the Tail, was originally the name of a Chinese asterism or Xiù comprising the stars ε, μ1-2, ζ1-2, η, θ, ι, κ,... |
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| 尾宿二 | Wěisuèr | 2nd star | ||||||||
| 尾宿西第一星 | Wěisuxīdìyīxīng | 1st western star | ||||||||
| 酒旗 | Jiǔqí | Banner of a wine shop | ||||||||
| ζ1 Sco and ζ2 Sco | 尾宿三 | Wěisusān | 3rd star | |||||||
| η Sco Eta Scorpii Eta Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius.Eta Scorpii is a yellow-white F-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.32. It is approximately 72.0 light years from Earth.... |
尾宿四 | Wěisusì | 4th star | |||||||
| θ Sco Theta Scorpii Theta Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Sargas, of Sumerian origin.... |
尾宿五 | Wěisuwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| ι1 Sco Iota1 Scorpii Iota¹ Scorpii is a yellow-white F-type supergiant with an apparent magnitude of +3.02. It is approximately 1800 light years from Earth. It has a 13th magnitude companion 37.5 arcseconds, or at least 20,000 astronomical units , away from it.-External links:* by Dr. Jim Kaler.... and ι2 Sco Iota2 Scorpii Iota² Scorpii is a white A-type supergiant with an apparent magnitude of +4.78. It is approximately 3700 light years from Earth. At a separation of 32.6 arcseconds from the supergiant is an 11th magnitude neighbour. If this is truly a companion, it lies at least 37 000 AU, or more than half... |
尾宿六 | Wěisuliù | 6th star | |||||||
| κ Sco Kappa Scorpii Kappa Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Girtab, which is the Sumerian word for 'scorpion' and has survived through the Babylonian star catalogues.... |
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| 尾宿七 | Wěisuqī | 7th star | ||||||||
| 三师 | Sānshī | Three masters | ||||||||
| λ Sco Lambda Scorpii Lambda Scorpii is the second brightest star system in the constellation Scorpius, and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. It has the Bayer designation λ despite being the second brightest in its constellation... |
尾宿八 | Wěisubā | 8th star | |||||||
| υ Sco Upsilon Scorpii Upsilon Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Lesath , from Arabic las'a = "pass of a poisonous animal"; but this is a miscorrection by Scaliger for earlier "Alascha", which came from Arabic al laţkha = "the foggy... |
尾宿九 | Wěisujiǔ | 9th star | |||||||
| 神宮 | Shéngōng | Changing Room | μ2 Sco | 神宮 | Shéngōng | (One star of) | ||||
| 傅說 | Fùyuè | Fuyue | G Sco | 傅說 | Fuyue | (One star of) | ||||
| 魚 | Yú | Fish | ||||||||
| M7 Ptolemy Cluster Messier 7 or M7, also designated NGC 6475 and sometimes known as the Ptolemy Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Scorpius.... |
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| 魚 | Yú | (One star of) | ||||||||
| 魚星 | Yúxīng | Star of fish |