Canis Major in Chinese astronomy

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

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 大犬座 (dà quǎn zuò), meaning "the giant dog constellation".

## Contents

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

## Stars

Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation

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Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀) | 井  | Jǐng | Well | 軍市  | Jūnshì | Market for Soldiers
β CMa[1] | 軍市一 | Jūnshìyī | 1st star
ν3 CMa[1] | 軍市二 | Jūnshìèr | 2nd star
15 CMa | 軍市三 | Jūnshìsān | 3rd star
π CMa[1][2] | 軍市四 | Jūnshìsì | 4th star
ο1 CMa[1] | 軍市五 | Jūnshìwu | 5th star
ξ1 CMa[1] | 軍市六 | Jūnshìliù | 6th star
ν1 CMa | 軍市增一 | Jūnshìzēngyī | 1st additional star
ξ2 CMa | 軍市增二 | Jūnshìzēngèr | 2nd additional star
12 CMa | 軍市增三 | Jūnshìzēngsān | 3rd additional star
ο2 CMa | 軍市增五 | Jūnshìzēngwǔ | 5th additional star
野雞 | Yějī | Wild Cockerel | ν2 CMa[1] | 野雞 | Yějī | (One star of)
孫[3] | Sūn | Grandson
ζ CMa | 孫增一 | Sūnzēngyī | 1st additional star
λ CMa | 孫增二 | Sūnzēngèr | 2nd additional star
天狼  | Tiānláng | Celestial Wolf
α CMa[1]
天狼 | Tiānláng | (One star of)
狼星 | Lángxīng | Wolf star
天狼星 | Tiānlángxīng | Star of Celestial Wolf
賊星 | Zéixīng | Thief star, the meteor
11 CMa | 天狼增一 | Tiānlángzēngyī | 1st additional star
θ CMa | 天狼增二 | Tiānlángzēngèr | 2nd additional star
μ CMa | 天狼增三 | Tiānlángzēngsān | 3rd additional star
γ CMa[1] | 天狼增四 | Tiānlángzēngsì | 4th additional star
ι CMa | 天狼增五 | Tiānlángzēngwǔ | 5th additional star
弧矢  | Húshǐ | Bow and Arrow
δ CMa[1]
弧矢一 | Húshǐyī | 1st star
矢中星 | Shǐzhōngxīng | Arrow in the center of the star
矢星 | Shǐxīng | Star of the arrow
天园东北星 | Tiānyuándōngběixīng | Star in the northeast of Celestial Orchard constellation
η CMa[1]
弧矢二 | Húshǐèr | 2nd star
矢后星 | Shǐhòuxīng | Arrow in front of the star
ε CMa[1]
弧矢七 | Húshǐqī | 7th star
弧矢西第二星 | Húshǐxīdìèrxīng | Second western star
κ CMa[1] | 弧矢八 | Húshǐbā | 8th star
10 CMa | 弧矢增一 | Húshǐzēngyī | 1st additional star
σ CMa | 弧矢增二 | Húshǐzēngèr | 2nd additional star
ω CMa | 弧矢增三 | Húshǐzēngsān | 3rd additional star
27 CMa | 弧矢增四 | Húshǐzēngsì | 4th additional star
26 CMa | 弧矢增五 | Húshǐzēngwǔ | 5th additional star
τ CMa | 弧矢增六 | Húshǐzēngliù | 6th additional star
UW CMa | 弧矢增七 | Húshǐzēngqī | 7th additional star
FV CMa | 弧矢增二十五 | Húshǐzēngèrshíwǔ | 25th additional star
LZ CMa | 弧矢增二十六 | Húshǐzēngèrshíliù | 26th additional star

## See also

* Chinese astronomy
* Traditional Chinese star names
* Chinese constellations

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 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 16 日
2. ↑ Atlas Comparing Chinese and Western Star Maps and Catalogues (Yi Shitong, 1981) and Star Charts in Ancient China (Chen Meidong, 1996) identify 4th star with 17 CMa
3. ↑ this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars

## External links

* Canis Major – 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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