The modern constellation Pavo 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 Peacock (孔雀, Kǒngqiāo).
Peacock (Alpha Pavonis) is the brightest star in this constellation. It is never seen in the Chinese sky.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 孔雀座 (kǒng què zuò), which means "the peacock constellation".
Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Pavo 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)孔雀KǒngqiāoPeacockη Pav AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 30 日 孔雀一 Kǒngqiāoyī1st starπ Pav 孔雀二 Kǒngqiāoèr2nd starν Pav 孔雀三 Kǒngqiāosān3rd starλ Pav 孔雀四 Kǒngqiāosì4th starκ Pav 孔雀五 Kǒngqiāowu5th starδ Pav 孔雀六 Kǒngqiāoliù6th starβ Pav 孔雀七 Kǒngqiāoqī7th starζ Pav 孔雀八 Kǒngqiāobā8th starε Pav 孔雀九 Kǒngqiāojiǔ9th starγ Pav 孔雀十 Kǒngqiāoshí10th starα Pav Peacock孔雀十一 Kǒngqiāoshíyī11th starHD 172555 孔雀增一 Kǒngqiāozēngyī1st additional starξ Pav 孔雀增二 Kǒngqiāozēngèr2nd additional starω Pav 孔雀增三 Kǒngqiāozēngsān3rd additional star
See also Chinese astronomy Traditional Chinese star names Chinese constellations List of brightest stars
References
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