Ursa Minor in Chinese astronomy
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Ursa Minor is located in Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán)
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 小熊座 (xiǎo xióng zuò), meaning "the little bear constellation".
Stars[edit]
The map of Ursa Minor in the Chinese constellation:
| Enclosures | Enclosure (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | ||||
| γ UMi[1] | ||||||||||
| 北極一 | Běijíyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 太子 | Tàizǐ | The Crown Prince | ||||||||
| β UMi[1] | ||||||||||
| 北極二 | Běijíèr | 2nd star | ||||||||
| 帝 | Dì | The Emperor | ||||||||
| 帝座 | Dìzuò | The emperor seat | ||||||||
| 帝王 | Dìwáng | The monarch | ||||||||
| 昊天上帝 | Hàotiānshàngdì | God in the clear sky | ||||||||
| 皇天上帝 | Huángtiānshàngdì | Emperor God in the sky | ||||||||
| 皇天上帝 | Huángtiānshàngdì | Emperor God in the sky | ||||||||
| 上帝 | Shàngdì | God | ||||||||
| 天皇帝 | Tiānhuangdì | Celestial emperor | ||||||||
| 天帝 | Tiāndì | God of heaven | ||||||||
| 天皇大帝 | Tiānhuángdàdì | Great emperor of heaven | ||||||||
| 大帝 | Dàdì | Great emperor | ||||||||
| 天极 | Tiānjí | Celestial pole | ||||||||
| 大恒 | Dàhéng | The big and permanent (star) | ||||||||
| 太恒 | Tàihéng | The great and permanent (star) | ||||||||
| 5 UMi[2] | ||||||||||
| 北極三 | Běijísān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| 庶子 | Shùzǐ | The Son of Concubine | ||||||||
| 4 UMi[2] | ||||||||||
| 北極四 | Běijísì | 4th star | ||||||||
| 後宮 | Hòugōng | The Concubine | ||||||||
| 3 UMi | 庶子增二 | Shùzǐzēngèr | 2nd additional star of The Son of Concubine | |||||||
| 10 UMi | 庶子增三 | Shùzǐzēngsān | 3rd additional star of The Son of Concubine | |||||||
| 天床 | Tiānchuáng | Celestial Bed | ||||||||
| HD 124730[3] | 天床一 | Tiānchuángyī | 1st star | |||||||
| HD 136064[3] | 天床二 | Tiānchuángèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| RR UMi[3] | 天床五 | Tiānchuángwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| 6 UMi[3] | 天床六 | Tiānchuángliù | 6th star | |||||||
| 9 UMi | 天床增一 | Tiānchuángzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 11 UMi | 天床增二 | Tiānchuángzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | ||||||||
| α UMi[1] | ||||||||||
| 勾陳一 | Gòuchényī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 勾陳大星 | Gòuchéndàxīng | Big star | ||||||||
| δ UMi[1] | 勾陳二 | Gòuchénèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| ε UMi[1] | 勾陳三 | Gòuchénsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| ζ UMi[1] | 勾陳四 | Gòuchénsì | 4th star | |||||||
| λ UMi[4] | 勾陳增五 | Gòuchénzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| 24 UMi | 勾陳增六 | Gòuchénzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| θ UMi[4] | 勾陳增七 | Gòuchénzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| 19 UMi | 勾陳增八 | Gòuchénzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
| η UMi[4] | 勾陳增九 | Gòuchénzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star | |||||||
| 20 UMi | 勾陳增十 | Gòuchénzēngshí | 10th additional star |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 9 日
- ^ a b Ian Ridpath's Startales - Ursa Minor the Little Bear
- ^ a b c d (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
- ^ a b c 紫微垣 Zi Wei Yuan（Purple Forbidden Enclosure）