The modern constellation Apus 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, Jìnnánjíxīngōu) under the name Exotic Bird (異雀, Yìquè).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天燕座 (tiān yàn zuò), meaning "the heaven swallow constellation".
Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Apus area consists of : Four SymbolsMansion (Chinese name)RomanizationTranslationAsterisms (Chinese name)RomanizationTranslationWestern star name Proper Name Chinese star nameRomanizationTranslation -近南極星區 (non-mansions)Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions)The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions)異雀YìquèExotic Birdζ Aps AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 29 日 異雀一 Yìquèyī1st starι Aps異雀二Yìquèèr2nd starβ Aps異雀三Yìquèsān3rd starγ Aps異雀四Yìquèsì4th star δ1 Aps 異雀六 Yìquèliù6th starη Aps異雀七 Yìquèqī7th starα Aps Paradys 異雀八Yìquèbā8th starε Aps異雀九Yìquèjiǔ9th star三角形this is not original Chinese name in this constellation and listing is only for additional starsSānjiǎoxíngTriangleκ¹ Aps三角形增三 Sānjiǎoxíngzēngsān3rd additional starκ² Aps三角形增四Sānjiǎoxíngzēngsì4th additional star
See also Chinese astronomy Traditional Chinese star names Chinese constellations
References
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