Pisces in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Pisces lies across two of the quadrants symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ) and White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ), and Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 雙魚座 (shuāng yú zuò), which means "the pair of fish constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Pisces area consists of :
Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
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Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | |||||||
傳舍 | Chuánshě | Guest House | 20 Psc | 傳舍一 | Chuánshěyī | 1st star | ||||
Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武) | 室 | Shì | Encampment | 壘壁陣 | Lěibìzhèn | Line of Ramparts | ||||
27 Psc[1] | 壘壁陣九 | Lěibìzhènjiǔ | 9th star | |||||||
29 Psc[1] | 壘壁陣十 | Lěibìzhènshí | 10th star | |||||||
33 Psc[1] | 壘壁陣十一 | Lěibìzhènshíyī | 11th star | |||||||
30 Psc[1] | 壘壁陣十二 | Lěibìzhènshíèr | 12th star | |||||||
20 Psc | 壘壁陣增四 | Lěibìzhènzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
24 Psc | 壘壁陣增五 | Lěibìzhènzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
4 Cet[2] | 壘壁陣增六 | Lěibìzhènzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
5 Cet[2] | 壘壁陣增七 | Lěibìzhènzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
壁 | Bì | Wall | 壁[3] | Bì | Wall | |||||
37 Psc | 壁宿增十一 | Bìsùzēngshíyī | 11th additional star | |||||||
42 Psc | 壁宿增十二 | Bìsùzēngshíèr | 12th additional star | |||||||
43 Psc | 壁宿增十三 | Bìsùzēngshísān | 13th additional star | |||||||
49 Psc | 壁宿增十四 | Bìsùzēngshísì | 14th additional star | |||||||
48 Psc | 壁宿增十五 | Bìsùzēngshíwǔ | 15th additional star | |||||||
40 Psc | 壁宿增十六 | Bìsùzēngshíliù | 16th additional star | |||||||
39 Psc | 壁宿增十七 | Bìsùzēngshíqī | 17th additional star | |||||||
47 Psc | 壁宿增二十 | Bìsùzēngèrshí | 20th additional star | |||||||
46 Psc | 壁宿增二十一 | Bìsùzēngèrshíyī | 21st additional star | |||||||
52 Psc | 壁宿增二十二 | Bìsùzēngèrshíèr | 22nd additional star | |||||||
霹靂 | Pīlì | Thunderbolt | ||||||||
β Psc[4] | ||||||||||
霹靂一 | Pīlìyī | 1st star | ||||||||
九卿 | Jiǔqīng | Nine senior officers | ||||||||
γ Psc[4] | 霹靂二 | Pīlìèr | 2nd star | |||||||
θ Psc[4] | 霹靂三 | Pīlìsān | 3rd star | |||||||
ι Psc[4] | 霹靂四 | Pīlìsì | 4th star | |||||||
ω Psc[4] | 霹靂五 | Pīlìwu | 5th star | |||||||
3 Psc | 霹雳增一 | Pīlìzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
2 Psc | 霹雳增二 | Pīlìzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
5 Psc | 霹雳增三 | Pīlìzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
7 Psc | 霹靂增四 | Pīlìzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
26 Psc | 霹靂增八 | Pīlìzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
雲雨 | Yúnyǔ | Cloud and Rain | ||||||||
κ Psc[4] | 雲雨一 | Yúnyǔyī | 1st star | |||||||
12 Psc[5] | 雲雨二 | Yúnyǔèr | 2nd star | |||||||
21 Psc | 雲雨三 | Yúnyǔsān | 3rd star | |||||||
λ Psc[4] | 雲雨四 | Yúnyǔsì | 4th star | |||||||
11 Psc | 雲雨增一 | Yúnyǔzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
14 Psc[5] | 雲雨增二 | Yúnyǔzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
13 Psc | 雲雨增三 | Yúnyǔzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
9 Psc | 雲雨增四 | Yúnyǔzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
15 Psc | 雲雨增五 | Yúnyǔzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
16 Psc | 雲雨增六 | Yúnyǔzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
19 Psc | 雲雨增七 | Yúnyǔzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
22 Psc | 雲雨增八 | Yúnyǔzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
25 Psc | 雲雨增九 | Yúnyǔzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star | |||||||
土公 | Tǔgōng | Official for Earthworks and Buildings | ||||||||
32 Psc | 土公一 | Tǔgōngyī | 1st star | |||||||
45 Psc | 土公二 | Tǔgōngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
31 Psc | 土公增一 | Tǔgōngzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
34 Psc | 土公增二 | Tǔgōngzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
35 Psc | 土公增三 | Tǔgōngzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
36 Psc | 土公增四 | Tǔgōngzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
41 Psc | 土公增五 | Tǔgōngzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
51 Psc | 土公增六 | Tǔgōngzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
44 Psc | 土公增七 | Tǔgōngzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
White Tiger of the West (西方白虎) | 奎 | Kuí | Legs | 奎 | Kuí | Legs | ||||
65 Psc | 奎宿三 | Kuísùsān | 3rd star | |||||||
σ Psc[6] | 奎宿十 | Kuísùshí | 10th star | |||||||
τ Psc[6] | 奎宿十一 | Kuísùshíyī | 11th star | |||||||
91 Psc | 奎宿十二 | Kuísùshíèr | 12th star | |||||||
υ Psc[6] | 奎宿十三 | Kuísùshísān | 13th star | |||||||
φ Psc[6] | 奎宿十四 | Kuísùshísì | 14th star | |||||||
χ Psc[6] | 奎宿十五 | Kuísùshíwǔ | 15th star | |||||||
ψ¹ Psc[6] | 奎宿十六 | Kuísùshíliù | 16th star | |||||||
55 Psc | 奎宿增二 | Kuísùzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
54 Psc | 奎宿增三 | Kuísùzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
59 Psc | 奎宿增四 | Kuísùzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
64 Psc | 奎宿增五 | Kuísùzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
66 Psc | 奎宿增六 | Kuísùzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
ψ³ Psc | 奎宿增七 | Kuísùzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
ψ² Psc | 奎宿增八 | Kuísùzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
67 Psc | 奎宿增十 | Kuísùzēngshí | 10th additional star | |||||||
68 Psc | 奎宿增十一 | Kuísùzēngshíyī | 11th additional star | |||||||
82 Psc | 奎宿增十三 | Kuísùzēngshísān | 13th additional star | |||||||
78 Psc | 奎宿增十四 | Kuísùzēngshísì | 14th additional star | |||||||
外屏 | Wàipíng | Outer Fence | ||||||||
δ Psc[6] | 外屏一 | Wàipíngyī | 1st star | |||||||
ε Psc[6] | 外屏二 | Wàipíngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
ζ Psc[6] | 外屏三 | Wàipíngsān | 3rd star | |||||||
μ Psc[6] | 外屏四 | Wàipíngsì | 4th star | |||||||
ν Psc[6] | 外屏五 | Wàipíngwu | 5th star | |||||||
ξ Psc[6] | 外屏六 | Wàipíngliù | 6th star | |||||||
α Psc[6] | 外屏七 | Wàipíngqī | 7th star | |||||||
72 Psc | 外屏增一 | Wàipíngzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
75 Psc | 外屏增二 | Wàipíngzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
88 Psc | 外屏增三 | Wàipíngzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
80 Psc | 外屏增四 | Wàipíngzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
77 Psc | 外屏增五 | Wàipíngzēngwu | 5th additional star | |||||||
73 Psc | 外屏增六 | Wàipíngzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
70 Psc | 外屏增七 | Wàipíngzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
62 Psc | 外屏增八 | Wàipíngzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
60 Psc | 外屏增九 | Wàipíngzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star | |||||||
89 Psc | 外屏增十四 | Wàipíngzēngshísì | 14th additional star | |||||||
112 Psc | 外屏增十五 | Wàipíngzēngshíwu | 15th additional star | |||||||
婁 | Lóu | Bond | 婁[3] | Lóu | Bond | |||||
3 Ari[7] | 婁宿增二 | Lóusùzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
107 Psc | 婁宿增三 | Lóusùzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
右更 | Yòugēng | Official in Charge of the Pasturing | ||||||||
ρ Psc[6] | 右更一 | Yòugēngyī | 1st star | |||||||
η Psc[6] | 右更二 | Yòugēngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
π Psc[6] | 右更三 | Yòugēngsān | 3rd star | |||||||
ο Psc[6] | 右更四 | Yòugēngsì | 4th star | |||||||
104 Psc[5] | 右更五 | Yòugēngwu | 5th star | |||||||
94 Psc | 右更增一 | Yòugēngzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
101 Psc | 右更增二 | Yòugēngzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
100 Psc | 右更增四 | Yòugēngzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
HD 8356 | 右更增五 | Yòugēngzēngwǔ | 5th additional star |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Ian Ridpath's Startales - Pisces the Fishes
- ^ a b the star is actually located in the constellation of Pisces near the border of Cetus
- ^ a b this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars
- ^ a b c d e f g (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 8 日
- ^ a b c (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 d e f g h i j k l m n o p q (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 19 日
- ^ the star is actually located in the constellation of Pisces near the border of Aries
External links
- Pisces – Chinese associations
- 香港太空館研究資源
- 中國星區、星官及星名英譯表
- 天象文學
- 台灣自然科學博物館天文教育資訊網
- 中國古天文
- 中國古代的星象系統