Sextans in Chinese astronomy

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Sextans is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as The Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què).

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 六分仪座 (liù fēn yí zuò), meaning "the six-part apparatus constellation".

Stars

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

Four SymbolsMansion (Chinese name)RomanizationTranslationAsterisms (Chinese name)RomanizationTranslationWestern star nameChinese star nameRomanizationTranslation
Three Enclosures (三垣) 太微垣[1] Tài Wēi Yuán Supreme Palace enclosure
靈台[1]LíngtáiAstronomical Observatory36 Sex靈台增二Língtáizēngèr2nd additional star
長垣[1] Chángyuán Long Wall
32 Sex長垣增三Chángyuánzēngsān3rd additional star
23 Sex長垣增四Chángyuánzēngsì4th additional star
31 Sex長垣增五Chángyuánzēngwǔ5th additional star
34 Sex長垣增六Chángyuánzēngliù6th additional star
35 Sex長垣增七Chángyuánzēngqī7th additional star
Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀) 星 Xīng Star 星[1] Xīng Star
6 Sex星宿增九Xīngsùzēngjiǔ9th additional star
3 Sex星宿增十Xīngsùzēngshí10th additional star
31 Sex星宿增十一Xīngsùzēngshíyī11th additional star
γ Sex星宿增十二Xīngsùzēngshíèr12th additional star
天相 Tiānxiàng Celestial Premier
17 Sex天相一Tiānxiàngyī1st star
α Sex天相二Tiānxiàngèr2nd star
ε Sex天相三Tiānxiàngsān3rd star
18 Sex天相增一Tiānxiàngzēngyī1st additional star
21 Sex天相增二Tiānxiàngzēngèr2nd additional star
20 Sex天相增三Tiānxiàngzēngsān3rd additional star
25 Sex天相增四Tiānxiàngzēngsì4th additional star
27 Sex天相增五Tiānxiàngzēngwǔ5th additional star
δ Sex天相增六Tiānxiàngzēngliù6th additional star
24 Sex天相增八Tiānxiàngzēngbā8th additional star
26 Sex天相增九Tiānxiàngzēngjiǔ9th additional star
β Sex天相增十Tiānxiàngzēngshí10th additional star
33 Sex天相增十一Tiānxiàngzēngshíyī11th additional star
40 Sex天相增十二Tiānxiàngzēngshíèr12th additional star
軒轅[1] Xuānyuán Xuanyuan
7 Sex軒轅增四十七Xuānyuánzēngsìshíqī47th additional star
4 Sex軒轅增四十八Xuānyuánzēngsìshíbā48th additional star
9 Sex軒轅增四十九Xuānyuánzēngsìshíjiǔ49th additional star
12 Sex軒轅增五十Xuānyuánzēngwǔshí50th additional star
13 Sex軒轅增五十一Xuānyuánzēngwǔshíyī51st additional star
14 Sex軒轅增五十二Xuānyuánzēngwǔshíèr52nd additional star
19 Sex軒轅增五十三Xuānyuánzēngwǔshísān53rd additional star
翼 Yì Wings 翼 Yì Wings
HD 93833[2]翼宿十二Yìsùshíèr12th star
41 Sex翼宿增一Yìsùzēngyī1st additional star
41 Sex翼宿增一Yìsùzēngyī1st additional star
39 Sex翼宿增二Yìsùzēngèr2nd additional star
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See also

References
  1. this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars
  2. (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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