The modern constellation Crux 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, this constellation has been classified as one of the 23 Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, jìn nán jí xīng qū) under the name Cross (十字架, shí zì jià).
Possibly Acrux (Alpha Crucis), Mimosa (Beta Crucis) and Gacrux (Gamma Crucis) are bright stars in this constellation that are never seen in Chinese sky.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 南十字座 (nán shí zì zuò), meaning "the southern cross-shaped constellation".
Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Crux 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 -近南極星區 (non-mansions)Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions)The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions)十字架ShízìjiàCrossγ Cru AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 29 日 Gacrux十字架一Shízìjiàyī1st starα Cru Acrux十字架二Shízìjiàèr2nd star四渎西南星SìdúxīnánxīngStar in the southwest of Four Channels constellationβ CruMimosa 十字架三Shízìjiàsān3rd starδ Cru Imai十字架四Shízìjiàsì4th star座旗南星ZuòqínánxīngStar in the southwest of Seat Flags constellationε CruGinan十字架增一Shízìjiàzēngyī1st additional star
See also Chinese astronomy Traditional Chinese star names Chinese constellations List of brightest stars
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