Sagitta in Chinese astronomy

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Sagitta is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ).

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天箭座 (tiān jiàn zuò), meaning "the heavenly arrow constellation".

Stars

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

Four SymbolsMansion (Chinese name)RomanizationTranslationAsterisms (Chinese name)RomanizationTranslationWestern star nameChinese star nameRomanizationTranslation
Three Enclosures (三垣)紫微垣[1]Zǐ Wēi YuánPurple Forbidden enclosure天市左垣[1]TiānshìzuǒyuánLeft Wall1 Sge齐增二Qízēngèr2nd additional star of Qi
The Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武)
牛 Niú Ox 左旗 Zuǒqí Left Flag
α Sge[2]左旗一Zuǒqíyī1st star
β Sge[2]左旗二Zuǒqíèr2nd star
δ Sge[2]左旗三Zuǒqísān3rd star
γ Sge[2]左旗四Zuǒqísì4th star
ζ Sge[2]左旗五Zuǒqíwǔ5th star
13 Sge左旗六Zuǒqíliù6th star
11 Sge左旗七Zuǒqíqī7th star
14 Sge[3]左旗八Zuǒqíbā8th star
ε Sge左旗增一Zuǒqízēngyī1st additional star
3 Sge左旗增二Zuǒqízēngèr2nd additional star
2 Sge左旗增三Zuǒqízēngsān3rd additional star
18 Sge左旗增十四Zuǒqízēngshísì14th additional star
θ Sge左旗增十五Zuǒqízēngshíwǔ15th additional star
η Sge左旗增十六Zuǒqízēngshíliù16th additional star
15 Sge左旗增十七Zuǒqízēngshíqī17th additional star
10 Sge左旗增十八Zuǒqízēngshíbā18th additional star
9 Sge左旗增十九Zuǒqízēngshíjiǔ19th additional star


See also

References
  1. this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars
  2. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 3 日
  3. (in Chinese) 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
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