Chariot (Chinese constellation)
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Zhěn Xiù map
The Chariot mansion (simplified Chinese: 轸宿; traditional Chinese: 軫宿; pinyin: Zhěn Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird.[citation needed]
Asterisms[]
English name | Chinese name | European constellation | Number of stars |
---|---|---|---|
Chariot | 軫 | Corvus | 4 |
Changsha | 長沙 | Corvus | 1 |
Left Linchpin | 左轄 | Corvus | 1 |
Right Linchpin | 右轄 | Corvus | 1 |
Green Hill | 青丘 | Hydra | 7 |
Military Gate | 軍門 | Hydra | 2 |
Master of Constructions | 土司空 | Hydra | 4 |
House for Musical Instruments | 器府 | Centaurus | 32 |
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- Chinese constellations