Corona Australis in Chinese astronomy

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Corona Australis is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as The Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ) The name of the Western constellation in modern Chinese is 南冕座 (nán miǎn zuò), meaning "the southern crown constellation".

## Contents

* 1 Stars
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Stars

The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Corona Australis 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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The Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武) | 斗  | Dǒu | Dipper | 鱉  | Biē | River Turtle
η1CrA[1] | 鱉二 | Biēèr | 2nd star
ζ CrA[1] | 鱉三 | Biēsān | 3rd star
δ CrA[1] | 鱉四 | Biēsì | 4th star
β CrA[1] | 鱉五 | Biēwǔ | 5th star
α CrA[1] | 鱉六 | Biēliù | 6th star
γ CrA[1] | 鱉七 | Biēqī | 7th star
ε CrA[1] | 鰲八 | Biēbā | 8th star
V686 CrA[2] | 鳖九 | Biējiǔ | 9th star
κ2 CrA[1] | 鱉十 | Biēshí | 10th star
θ CrA[1] | 鱉十一 | Biēshíyī | 11th star

## See also

* Traditional Chinese star names
* Chinese constellations

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 2 日
2. ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System

## External links

* Corona Australis – 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

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