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The list is based on Atlas Comparing Chinese and Western Star Maps and Catalogues by Yi Shitong (1981) and Star Charts in Ancient China by Chen Meidong (1996). In a few cases, meanings of the names are vague due to their antiquity. [6] In this article, the translation by Hong Kong Space Museum is used.
The character 官 's main meaning is "public official" (hence the English translation "officials" for the Chinese asterisms), it historically could also meant "official's residence". [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The generic term for "asterism" is 星群 ( xīng qún , lit. "group of stars").
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The Twenty-Eight Mansions (Chinese: 二十八宿; pinyin: Èrshíbā Xiù), also called xiu [1] or hsiu, are part of the Chinese constellations system. They can be considered as the equivalent to the zodiacal constellations in Western astronomy , though the Twenty-eight Mansions reflect the movement of the Moon through a sidereal month rather ...
Pronounced sit-lah-lee, this fun-to-say girl’s name meaning ‘star’ is of Aztec origin. 93. Galatea. A moon of Neptune and a feminine name of Greek origin meaning ‘one who is milk-white.’ 94.
Translated name Chinese name Pinyin Comments Sima Qian: Book of Celestial Offices: 天官書: Tianguan shu: This is the astronomical chapter of the Records of the Grand Historian, a massive history compiled during the late 2nd century BCE by the Han-era scholar and official Sima Qian. This chapter provides a star catalogue and discusses the ...
Jie Lin, God that carries the Moon across the night sky [2] Chang Xi Mother of twelve moons corresponding to the twelve months of the year; Chang'e Immortal that lives on the Moon; Tai yin xing jun (太陰星君; Tàiyīn xīng jūn) or Queen Jiang of Investiture of the Gods in taoism and Chinese folk religion [3] [4]
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...