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Volans in Chinese astronomy

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The modern constellation Volans is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell in the late Ming Dynasty,[1] this constellation has been classified as one of the 23 Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu) under the name Flying Fish (飛魚, Fēiyú).

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 飛魚座 (fēi yú zuò), which means "the flying fish constellation".

Stars

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

Four Symbols Mansion (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Asterisms (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Western star name Chinese star name Romanization Translation
- 近南極星區 (non-mansions) Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions) The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions) 飛魚 Fēiyú Flying Fish
α Vol[2] 飛魚一 Fēiyúyī 1st star
γ Vol[2] 飛魚二 Fēiyúèr 2nd star
β Vol[2] 飛魚三 Fēiyúsān 3rd star
κ Vol[2] 飛魚四 Fēiyúsì 4th star
δ Vol[2] 飛魚五 Fēiyúwu 5th star
ζ Vol[2] 飛魚六 Fēiyúliù 6th star

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 910. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3.
  2. ^ 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 7 月 28 日
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