Eridanus in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Eridanus lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ), and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīng'ōu), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
According to the quadrant, it is possible that the constellation Eridanus is not fully visible. Achernar (Alpha Eridani) is a bright star in this constellation that may have never been seen in Chinese skies.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 波江座 (bō jiāng zuò), meaning "the waving river constellation".
Stars[]
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Eridanus area consists of :
| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Tiger of the West (西方白虎) | 胃[1] | Wèi | Stomach | 天囷[1] | Tiānqūn | Circular Celestial Granary | ||||
| 天囷增十三 | Tiānqūnzēngshíyī | 13th additional star | ||||||||
| 天囷增十四 | Tiānqūnzēngshísì | 14th additional star | ||||||||
| 天囷增十八 | Tiānqūnzēngshíbā | 18th additional star | ||||||||
| 天囷增十九 | Tiānqūnzēngshíjiǔ | 19th additional star | ||||||||
| 昴 | Mǎo | Hairy Head | 天苑 | Tiānyuàn | Celestial Meadows | |||||
| γ Eri[2] | ||||||||||
| 天苑一 | Tiānyuànyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 天苑第—星 | Tiānyuàndiyīxīng | 1st star | ||||||||
| π Eri[2] | 天苑二 | Tiānyuànèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| δ Eri[2] | 天苑三 | Tiānyuànsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| ε Eri[2] | 天苑四 | Tiānyuànsì | 4th star | |||||||
| ζ Eri[2] | 天苑五 | Tiānyuànwu | 5th star | |||||||
| η Eri[2] | 天苑六 | Tiānyuànliù | 6th star | |||||||
| τ1 Eri[2] | 天苑八 | Tiānyuànbā | 8th star | |||||||
| τ2 Eri[2] | 天苑九 | Tiānyuànjiǔ | 9th star | |||||||
| τ3 Eri[2] | 天苑十 | Tiānyuànshí | 10th star | |||||||
| τ4 Eri[2] | 天苑十一 | Tiānyuànshíyī | 11th star | |||||||
| τ5 Eri[2] | 天苑十二 | Tiānyuànshíèr | 12th star | |||||||
| τ6 Eri[2] | 天苑十三 | Tiānyuànshísān | 13th star | |||||||
| τ7 Eri[2] | 天苑十四 | Tiānyuànshísì | 14th star | |||||||
| τ8 Eri[2] | 天苑十五 | Tiānyuànshíwǔ | 15th star | |||||||
| τ9 Eri[2] | 天苑十六 | Tiānyuànshíliù | 16th star | |||||||
| 天苑增一 | Tiānyuànzēngyī | 1st additional star | ||||||||
| 15 Eri | 天苑增二 | Tiānyuànzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 6 Eri | 天苑增五 | Tiānyuànzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| 天苑增六 | Tiānyuànzēngliù | 6th additional star | ||||||||
| ρ1 Eri | 天苑增十 | Tiānyuànzēngshí | 10th additional star | |||||||
| ρ2 Eri | 天苑增十一 | Tiānyuànzēngshíyī | 11th additional star | |||||||
| ρ3 Eri | 天苑增十二 | Tiānyuànzēngshíèr | 12th additional star | |||||||
| 14 Eri | 天苑增十三 | Tiānyuànzēngshísān | 13th additional star | |||||||
| 17 Eri | 天苑增十四 | Tiānyuànzēngshísì | 14th additional star | |||||||
| 天苑增十五 | Tiānyuànzēngshíwǔ | 15th additional star | ||||||||
| 天苑增十六 | Tiānyuànzēngshíliù | 16th additional star | ||||||||
| 天苑增十八 | Tiānyuànzēngshíbā | 18th additional star | ||||||||
| 畢 | Bì | Net | 九州殊口 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒu | Interpreters of Nine Dialects | |||||
| 39 Eri | 九州殊口一 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuyī | 1st star | |||||||
| ο1 Eri[3] | 九州殊口二 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| ξ Eri[3] | 九州殊口三 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒusān | 3rd star | |||||||
| ν Eri[3] | 九州殊口四 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒusì | 4th star | |||||||
| 九州殊口五 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuwu | 5th star | ||||||||
| 九州殊口六 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuliù | 6th star | ||||||||
| 九州殊口增一 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuzēngyī | 1st additional star | ||||||||
| 九州殊口增二 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuzēngèr | 2nd additional star | ||||||||
| 九州殊口增三 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuzēngsān | 3rd additional star | ||||||||
| 九州殊口增四 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuzēngsì | 4th additional star | ||||||||
| 九州殊口增六 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuzēngliù | 6th additional star | ||||||||
| ο2 Eri | 九州殊口增七 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| 九州殊口增八 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuzēngbā | 8th additional star | ||||||||
| 九州殊口增九 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star | ||||||||
| 51 Eri | 九州殊口增十 | Jiǔzhōushūkǒuzēngshí | 10th additional star | |||||||
| 九斿 | Jiǔliú | Imperial Military Flag | ||||||||
| μ Eri[3] | 九斿二 | Jiǔliúèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| ω Eri[3] | 九斿三 | Jiǔliúsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 九斿四 | Jiǔliúsì | 4th star | ||||||||
| 64 Eri | 九斿五 | Jiǔliúwu | 5th star | |||||||
| 九斿六 | Jiǔliúliù | 6th star | ||||||||
| 58 Eri | 九斿七 | Jiǔliúqī | 7th star | |||||||
| 54 Eri | 九斿八 | Jiǔliúbā | 8th star | |||||||
| 45 Eri | 九斿增二 | Jiǔliúzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 九斿增三 | Jiǔliúzēngsān | 3rd additional star | ||||||||
| 53 Eri | 九斿增四 | Jiǔliúzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 九斿增五 | Jiǔliúzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | ||||||||
| 九斿增六 | Jiǔliúzēngliù | 6th additional star | ||||||||
| 天園 | Tiānyuán | Celestial Orchard | ||||||||
| χ Eri[3] | 天園二 | Tiānyuánèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| φ Eri[3] | 天園三 | Tiānyuánsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| κ Eri[3] | 天園四 | Tiānyuánsì | 4th star | |||||||
| s Eri | 天園五 | Tiānyuánwu | 5th star | |||||||
| θ1 Eri[3] | 天園六 | Tiānyuánliù | 6th star | |||||||
| h Eri | 天園七 | Tiānyuánqī | 7th star | |||||||
| f Eri | 天園八 | Tiānyuánbā | 8th star | |||||||
| g Eri | 天園九 | Tiānyuánjiǔ | 9th star | |||||||
| υ4 Eri[3] | 天園十 | Tiānyuánshí | 10th star | |||||||
| υ3 Eri | 天園十一 | Tiānyuánshíyī | 11th star | |||||||
| υ2 Eri[3] | 天園十二 | Tiānyuánshíèr | 12th star | |||||||
| υ1 Eri[3] | ||||||||||
| 天園十三 | Tiānyuánshísān | 13th star | ||||||||
| 天大将军南大星 | Tiānyuánjiāngjūnnándàxīng | Star of southern general in the celestial orchard | ||||||||
| ι Eri | 天園增一 | Tiānyuánzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| e Eri | 天園增三 | Tiānyuánzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| y Eri | 天園增四 | Tiānyuánzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 天園增五 | Tiānyuánzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | ||||||||
| 參 | Shēn | Three Stars | 玉井 | Yùjǐng | Jade Well | |||||
| λ Eri[4] | 玉井一 | Yùjǐngyī | 1st star | |||||||
| ψ Eri[4] | 玉井二 | Yùjǐngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| β Eri[4] | ||||||||||
| 玉井三 | Yùjǐngsān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| 玉井西北星 | Yùjǐngxīběixīng | Northwestern star | ||||||||
| 66 Eri | 玉井增增一 | Yùjǐngzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 玉井增二 | Yùjǐngzēngèr | 2nd additional star | ||||||||
| 玉井增三 | Yùjǐngzēngsān | 3rd additional star | ||||||||
| - | 近南極星區 (non-mansions) | Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions) | The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions) | 水委 | Shuǐwěi | Crooked Running Water | ||||
| α Eri[5] | ||||||||||
| 水委一 | Shuǐwěiyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 外屏西星 | Wàibīngxīxīng | Separated and hidden star in the west |
See also[]
- Traditional Chinese star names
- Chinese constellations
- List of brightest stars
References[]
- ^ a b this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 12 日
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 13 日
- ^ a b c (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 25 日
- ^ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 27 日
External links[]
Categories:
- Astronomy in China
- Eridanus (constellation)