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The Chinese developed multiple cosmological models before Western influences changed the field: [5] Gai Tian ("canopy heaven") – The sky is a hemisphere, the Earth is a disc at the bottom, surrounded by water, which rotates around the North Pole once a day.
Chinese star names (Chinese: 星 名, xīng míng) are named according to ancient Chinese astronomy and astrology. The sky is divided into star mansions ( 星 宿 , xīng xiù , also translated as "lodges") and asterisms ( 星 官 , xīng guān ).
Canis Major in Chinese astronomy; Canis Minor in Chinese astronomy; Capricornus in Chinese astronomy; Carina in Chinese astronomy; Cassiopeia in Chinese astronomy; Centaurus in Chinese astronomy; Cepheus in Chinese astronomy; Cetus in Chinese astronomy; Chamaeleon in Chinese astronomy; Chinese star maps; Chu Silk Manuscript; Circinus in Chinese ...
It contains collections of earlier Chinese astronomers (Shi Shen, Gan De and Wu Xian) as well as of Indian astronomy (which had reached China in the early centuries AD). Gan De was a Warring States era (5th century BC) astronomer who according to the testimony of the Dunhuang Star Chart enumerated 810 stars in 138 asterisms.
The Dunhuang map or Dunhuang Star map is one of the first known graphical representations of stars from ancient Chinese astronomy, dated to the Tang dynasty (618–907). Before this map, much of the star information mentioned in historical Chinese texts had been questioned. [ 2 ]
This is a timeline of Chinese records and investigations in astronomy. 2137 BC - October 22, the Chinese book, the Book of Documents, records the earliest known solar eclipse. c. 2000 BC - Chinese determine that Jupiter needs 12 years to complete one revolution of its orbit.
Chinese star maps (Chinese: s 星 图, t 星 圖, xīngtú) are usually directional or graphical representations of Chinese astronomical alignments. Throughout the history of China, numerous star maps have been recorded. This page is intended to list or show the best available version of each star map. Star catalogs are also listed. For ...
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 ...