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Some stars may have been assigned more than one name due to the inaccuracies of traditional star charts. While there is little disagreement on the correspondence between traditional Chinese and Western star names for brighter stars, many asterisms, in particular those originally from Gan De, were created primarily for astrological purposes and ...
The following is a list of the 88 IAU constellations with the Chinese translation of their names. Each linked article provides a list of the (traditional) Chinese names of the stars within each (modern) constellation. [clarification needed]
In astronomy, star names, in contrast to star designations, are proper names of stars that have emerged from usage in pre-modern astronomical traditions. Lists of these names appear in the following articles: List of Arabic star names; List of Chinese star names; List of proper names of stars: traditional proper names in modern usage around ...
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 ...
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 ...
Western star name: Chinese star name: Romanization: Translation: The Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武) 牛 Niú: Ox: 女 Niú: Ox β 1 Cap [1] 牛宿一: Niúsùyī: 1st star 牛宿距星: Niúsùjùxīng: Separated star 牛宿中央大星: Niúsùdàzhōngyāngxīng: Big center star 牛宿中大星: Niúsùdàzhōngxīng: Big center ...
Asterisms (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Western star name Chinese star name Romanization Translation; Azure Dragon of the East (東方青龍) 角 Jiǎo: Horn: 柱 Zhǔ: Pillars ι Lup [1] 柱三: Zhǔsān: 3rd star τ 1 Lup and τ 2 Lup [1] 柱四: Zhǔsì: 4th star 亢 Kàng: Neck: 頓頑 Dùnwán: Trials φ 1 Lup and φ 2 Lup [2 ...
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: 輦道 Niǎndào: Imperial Passageway 4 Cyg [1] 輦道四: Niǎndàosì: 4th star 17 Cyg: 輦道五: Niǎndàowu: 5th star 11 Cyg ...