Carina in Chinese astronomy
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The modern constellation Carina lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què) and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
According to the quadrant, possibly constellation Carina in Chinese sky is almost not seen, except Canopus (Alpha Carinae), and Canopus is "south pole" in Chinese sky, and Miaplacidus (Beta Carinae), Aspidiske (Iota Carinae) and Avior (Epsilon Carinae) are bright stars in this constellation that are possibly never seen in the Chinese sky.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 船底座 (chuán dǐ zuò), meaning "the bottom of boat constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Carina area consists of :
| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Proper Name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀) | 井 | Jǐng | Well | 老人 | Lǎorén | Old Man | |||||
| α Car[1] | Canopus | ||||||||||
| 老人 | Lǎorén | (One star of) | |||||||||
| 老人星 | Lǎorénxīng | Star of Old Man | |||||||||
| 壽星 | Shòu xīng | God of longevity | |||||||||
| 南極老人 | Nánjílǎorén | Old man in the south pole | |||||||||
| 南極 | Nánjí | South pole | |||||||||
| 砺石南第二星 | Lìdànnándìèrxīng | 2nd star in southern area of Whetsone constellation | |||||||||
| 鬼[2] | Guǐ | Ghost | 天社[2] | Tiānshè | Celestial Earth God's Temple | χ Car | 天社增一 | Tiānshèzēngyī | 1st additional star | ||
| - | 近南極星區 (non-mansions) | Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions) | The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions) | 海山 | Hǎishān | Sea and Mountain | |||||
| s Car[3] | 海山一 | Hǎishānyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| η Car[4] | |||||||||||
| 海山二 | Hǎishānèr | 2nd star | |||||||||
| 天社 | Tiānshè | Celestial altar | |||||||||
| u Car | 海山三 | Hǎishānsān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| 海石 | Hǎishí | Sea Rock | |||||||||
| ε Car[4] | Avior | 海石一 | Hǎishíyī | 1st star | |||||||
| ι Car[4] | Aspidiske | 海石二 | Hǎishíèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| h Car | 海石三 | Hǎishísān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| l Car[3] | 海石四 | Hǎishísì | 4th star | ||||||||
| υ Car[4] | 海石五 | Hǎishíwǔ | 5th star | ||||||||
| a Car | 海石增一 | Hǎishízēngyī | 1st additional star | ||||||||
| c Car | 海石增二 | Hǎishízēngèr | 2nd additional star | ||||||||
| i Car | 海石增三 | Hǎishízēngsān | 3rd additional star | ||||||||
| x Car | 海石增四 | Hǎishízēngsì | 4th additional star | ||||||||
| 南船 | Nánchuán | Southern Boat | |||||||||
| q Car | 南船一 | Nánchuányī | 1st star | ||||||||
| p Car | 南船二 | Nánchuánèr | 2nd star | ||||||||
| θ Car[4] | 南船三 | Nánchuánsān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| ω Car[4] | 南船四 | Nánchuánsì | 4th star | ||||||||
| β Car[4] | Miaplacidus | 南船五 | Nánchuánwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| I Car | 南船增一 | Nánchuánzēngyī | 1st additional star |