Dorado in Chinese astronomy

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The modern constellation Dorado is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell in the late Ming Dynasty,[1] this constellation has been classified under the 23 Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu) with the names White Patches Attached (夾白, Jiābái) and Goldfish (金魚, Jīnyú).

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 劍魚座 (jiàn yú zuò), meaning "the swordfish constellation".

Stars

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

Four Symbols Mansion (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Asterisms (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Western star name Chinese star name Romanization Translation
- 近南極星區 (non-mansions) Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions) The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions)
夾白 Jiābái White Patches Attached θ Dor[2] 夾白一 Jiābáiyī 1st star
金魚 Jīnyú Goldfish
γ Dor[2] 金魚一 Jīnyúyī 1st star
α Dor[2] 金魚二 Jīnyúèr 2nd star
β Dor[2] 金魚三 Jīnyúsān 3rd star
δ Dor[2] 金魚四 Jīnyúsì 4th star
η2 Dor[2] 金魚五 Jīnyúwu 5th star

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 910. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3.
  2. ^ a b c d e f (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 27 日
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