According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Canes Venatici is located in Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán)
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 獵犬座 (liè quǎn zuò), meaning "the hound constellation".
Stars EnclosuresEnclosure (Chinese name)RomanizationTranslationAsterisms (Chinese name)RomanizationTranslationWestern star nameProper NameChinese star nameRomanizationTranslation Three Enclosures (三垣)紫微垣Zǐ Wēi YuánPurple Forbidden enclosure三公SāngōngThree ExcellenciesM51AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 14 日 . But M51 only has a visual magnitude of 8.4, so this cannot be the correct object.三公一Sāngōngyī 1st star24 CVnIan Ridpath's Startales - Canis Venatici the Hunting Dogs三公二Sāngōngèr 2nd star21 CVn三公三Sāngōngsān 3rd star相XiāngPrime Minister5 CVn相Xiāng(One star of)3 CVn相增二Xiāngzēngèr2nd additional star11 CVn相增三Xiāngzēngsān3rd additional star太微垣Tài Wēi YuánSupreme Palace enclosure常陳ChángchénImperial Guardsα1 CVn and α2 CVn AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 21 日 Cor Caroli (for α2 CVn) 常陳一Chángchényī 1st star10 CVn常陳二Chángchénèr 2nd star9 CVn常陳三Chángchénsān 3rd starβ CVn Chara 常陳四Chángchénsì 4th star6 CVn常陳五Chángchénwu 5th star2 CVn常陳六Chángchénliù 6th star4 CVn常陳增一Chángchénzēngyī 1st additional star18 CVn常陳增二Chángchénzēngèr 2nd additional star20 CVn常陳增三Chángchénzēngsān 3rd additional star16 CVn常陳增四Chángchénzēngsì 4th additional star15 CVn常陳增五Chángchénzēngwǔ 5th additional star17 CVn常陳增六Chángchénzēngliù 6th additional starHD 114357常陳增五Chángchénzēngwǔ 5th additional star
See also Traditional Chinese star names Chinese constellations
References
External links Canes Venatici – 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